News on Food Prices

On the occasion of the Duizenberg lecture in Washington, Rabobank presents its report entitled ‘Rethinking the F&A Supply Chain: Impact of Agricultural Price Volatility on Sourcing Strategies’. In Rabobank’s view the world is facing a period of s...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 230 points in March 2011, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March last year. International prices of oils and sugar contracted the most, followed by cereals. By contrast, da...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) rose for the eighth consecutive month, averaging 236 points in February 2011, up 2.2 percent from January

Spiraling shipping costs for commodities threaten to drive food inflation even higher as nations from Asia to the Middle East and Africa scramble for supplies

High food prices are good for farmers. Low food prices are good for consumers. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), food prices last month surpassed their previous high in 2008.

Food prices hit a record high last month, surpassing the levels seen during the 2007-08 crisis, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said on Wednesday.

Experts from more than 75 FAO Member States agreed today that while there were no grounds for complacency, there was no indication of an impending world food crisis.

A few days ago we decided that we would dedicate this PotatoPro Newsletter to the rising ingredient prices. With a publication today by Pepsico on the impact of rising ingredient costs and today's closing price in New York for crude oil for the first time over $100 a barrel ($100.74), the topic could hardly be more current.