A vendor is seen behind bottles of vegetable oil at a grocery market in Almaty
A vendor is seen behind bottles of vegetable oil at a grocery market in Almaty April 29, 2008. A jump in prices for foodstuffs has hit many poor nations this year and sparked riots in parts of Africa and Asia, but it has also reached unlikely places like Kazakhstan - an oil-rich nation which itself is the world's fifth largest wheat exporter. Picture taken April 29, 2008. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN)