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World food prices dip in December

06 Jan 2023

Rome

Rome – The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9 percent from the previous month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 132.4 points in December, 1.0 percent below its value a year [...]

Global food prices overall hold steady in November

02 Dec 2022

Rome

Rome – The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks [...]

Eighth Annual meeting of the Agricultural Trade Expert Network in Europe and Central Asia 30 November 2022 (online)

30 Nov 2022

The Eighth Annual meeting of the Agricultural Trade Expert Network in Europe and Central Asia was held online on 30 November 2022.   The meeting has provided an overview of the current drivers in global and regional markets and their implications for agrifood exports and imports in Central Asia; analysed key changes in trade policies and [...]