FAO: food prices are rising for the tenth month in March

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2021. 04. 08. 11:32

In March this year, world food prices rose to their highest level since June 2014, for the tenth consecutive month in a row, according to calculations by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The March price index became 118.5 points, 2.1 percent (2.4 points) higher than in February, with the prices of vegetable oils, meat and dairy products rising in particular – according to the data posted on the FAO’s website on Thursday. (MTI)