World food prices hit record high in 2022
Paris, FranceReuters A surge in the cost of most food commodities last year, as the disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of shortages, sent the UN food agency’s average price index to the highest level on record. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which tracks international prices of the most […]
World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021
Paris, FranceReuters World food prices jumped 28 per cent in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the UN’s food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, […]