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World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall

·January 5, 2024·2 min read

“Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence – while the world watches on”, warned Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths in a statement, adding that “hope has never been more elusive” amidst deteriorating conditions. “The humanitarian community has been left with the impossible mission of supporting more than...

Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO

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·August 5, 2023·1 min read

The UN agency has issued its latest Food Price Index (FPI), which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar. The Index averaged 123.9 points in July, up 1.3 per cent from June, driven by an increase in vegetable oil and rice prices. End of a lifeline FAO’s Vegetable Oil...

Downward slide in global food prices continues: FAO

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·February 5, 2023·2 min read

Price indices for vegetable oils, dairy and sugar drove the January decline, the UN food agency said, issuing two new reports on food production expectations. The FAO food price index fell 17.9 per cent below its all-time peak, reached in March 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The downward...

Food prices decline in December following ‘two very volatile years’: FAO

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·January 7, 2023·2 min read

The UN agency has published its latest Food Price Index (FFPI) which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar. The FFPI averaged 132.4 points last month, which is one per cent lower than the previous December. However, it averaged 143.7 points last year...

Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain |

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·August 5, 2022·2 min read

The UN agency has published its latest eagerly awaited Food Price Index, the barometer that tracks monthly changes in the international prices of five food commodities: cereals, vegetable oils, dairy products, meat, and sugar. The @FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.9 points in July, 🔻8.6% from June, marking the 4th...

Record inflation and skyrocketing prices leave over 6 million Sri Lankans food insecure |

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·July 11, 2022·3 min read

As prices keep healthy meals out of reach, some 61 per cent of households are regularly using coping strategies to cut down on costs, such as reducing the amount they eat and consuming increasingly less nutritious meals. And with opportunities to make enough income in the medium to long-term decreasing...