Tag Archives: FAO Food Index

Updated forecasts suggest global stocks-to-use ratio may rise to quarter-century high… 06/02/2026 Rome – The measure of world food commodity prices declined in January for the fifth consecutive month, led by lower international quotations for dairy, sugar and meat products, according to the benchmark report released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization …

Press release… International food commodity price trends reflect broadly abundant global supplies and intensifying exporter competition… 05/12/2025 Rome – World food commodity prices declined in November, led by lower international quotations for all major staple foods except cereals, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

Global food commodity prices declined by 2.1% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the United Nations food agency said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) overall Food Price Index averaged 122.0 points last year – 2.6 …

FAO food price index jumps 24.1% from last year… World food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement Friday. FAO said its food price index averaged 140.7 points in February, up 3.9% from January — a significant increase of 24.1% …