Global food prices crept up last month, reported the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
It’s index rose by nine-tenths of one per cent to stand at 125.3 points, ending five months of declines.
Vegetable oil prices jumped, and meat and cereals rose, outweighing declines in quotes for dairy and sugar.
Overall food prices are one per cent lower than a year ago and 21.8 per cent below the March 2022 peak.
