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Life at Addis Ababa's grain market

The BBC has been visiting markets around the world to find out how the global recession is hitting ordinary shoppers and traders.

More than 500 trucks come in to the Ehil Berenda market in Addis Ababa every day to sell maize, lentils, beans and Ethiopia's favourite grain, teff.

Yosef Yilak manages Addis Ababa's Grain Traders Association.

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