Tag: Global food prices

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May

  

  Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May, pushed up by rising prices of cheese and maize due to adverse weather conditions. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities, averaged 172.4 points in May, up 1.2 per cent from the previous month while still 1.9 per cent below its level in May 2018.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Global food prices started 2019 with a rebound, says FAO

  

  Global food prices began the year on a buoyant note, as the FAO Food Price Index averaged 164.8 points in January 2019, up 1.8 percent from the previous month. A sharp rebound in dairy price quotations and firmer prices of palm and soy oils drove the increase, the United Nations agency said today.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 04:46 UTC

  Global food prices index soars 10% in July: World Bank sound the alarm

  

  Global food prices soared by 10% in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United States and Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch report.