International quotations for sugar and vegetable oils drive the FAO Food Price Index lower The FAO Food Price Index, the benchmark for world food commodity prices, declined in January, averaging 124.9 points during …
Global cereal production and trade likely to decline from last year The benchmark for world food commodity prices surged to its highest level in 18 months in October, led by a sharp increase in vegetable oil quotations, …
The Food Outlook provides detailed market assessments for wheat, coarse grains, rice, oil crops, sugar, meat, dairy products and fisheries Supplies of most of the world’s major food commodities are expected to be adequat…
2024 wheat output forecast to grow despite price-driven cutbacks in planted area The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined for the seventh consecutive month in February, as lower international quotations for…
Coarse grain production is on track to hit an all-time high, pushing up overall supply and trade prospects The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases in the p…
The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 per cent below its year-earlier level The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, with the sh…
Global food import bill to hit a new record high in 2023, with a reduction in import volumes for the most vulnerable countries Production prospects across most basic foodstuffs are favourable, but extreme weather events,…
The production during 2022-23 is higher by 308.69 Lakh tonnes than the previous five years The Final Estimates of production of major crops for the year 2022-23 have been released by the Department of Agriculture and Far…
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of globally traded food commodities, averaged 121.5 points in September, compared to 121.4 points in August The overall measure of intern…
