FAO: Food prices rose to a 10-year high last year
Last year, food prices rose by an average of 28.1 percent globally, and the index following their movement rose to a 10-year high, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The organization’s food price index takes into account the international market prices of the five most important food raw materials – vegetable oils, cereals, meat, dairy products and sugar. Based on this, last year’s indicator increased by an average of 28.1 percent (27.6 points) to 125.7 points, the highest level since 2011, when the indicator was 131.9 points. (MTI)
Related news
World market outlook: grain market forecast 2024 October
Based on the latest October forecast of the FAO (Food…
Read more >World Food Day offers an opportunity to rethink our everyday choices
Food is the most basic human need right after air…
Read more >World Food Day 2024 is approaching
The cooperation that spans more than 150 countries around the…
Read more >
More related news >
Related news
Márton Nagy: Domestic consumption is strengthening
Domestic consumption is strengthening, internal demand and the performance of…
Read more >Eurozone inflation accelerated to 2 percent in October
On an annual level, the increase in consumer prices in…
Read more >KSH: in August, the product foreign trade surplus was 443 million euros
In August, the volume of exports decreased by 5.6 percent…
Read more >