Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s Food Price Index rose over 2 percent from February and was up 25 percent YOY. This was the tenth straight month of gains for the price index. For 2021 through March, food prices are up 17 percent year on year [...]
FAO reported the world food price index for 2020 up 3.6 percent from 2019 (adjusted for inflation). This follows a modest annual increase of 1.4 percent in 2019 after the price index hit a 12-year low in 2018. The key subindexes showing growth in [...]
Adjusted for inflation, the September FAO Food Price Index was reported up 2 percent from August and up under 6 percent YOY. This is the fourth straight month of monthly gains but only the second straight month of YOY gains. Month on month, most [...]
FAO’s Food Price Index for March 2020 fell 4 percent from February (adjusted for inflation). The Price Index for March was still up 2.7 percent YOY, though that is the lowest monthly YOY increase in seven months. For 2020 to date, the Food Price [...]
For October 2019, FAO reported its Sugar Price Index (deflated) up 1.7 percent from the same month last year and up 5.8 percent from September 2019. This is the seventh consecutive up month following almost two years of year-on-year declines. The composite Food Price [...]
