For example, in Lahore, Pakistan, wheat prices rose by 24 per cent in the year prior to February 2010 while the maize price in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, went up by 36 per cent between October 2009 and February 2010. The spike was even worse in Burundi, in Bujumbura, the price of beans went up by 58 per cent during the same period (see table IV. The food crisis has not abated as most food prices are rising again and have exceeded the peaks recorded in 2008.