Food prices have reached record levels according to the index
Food prices reached record levels in March, as expected, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO Food Price Index hit an all-time high, a spokesman for the organization said Friday in Geneva. Particularly notable, he said, was the 12.6 percent increase in costs from February to March. That was the second-highest increase in the index's 70-year history, it said.
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Grains for bread in particular, as well as meat and vegetables, have become significantly more expensive, while rice, milk and sugar still remain comparatively affordable, it said. Although the impact of the Ukraine conflict cannot be precisely quantified, "there is no doubt that the war is playing an important role."
In light of this development, the United Nations pointed to the difficult situation of people in parts of Africa. In the Sahel and West Africa, food is not secure for some 40 million people, said a spokesman for the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). "The region is facing an unprecedented and very complex food crisis," he said./mrd/DP/ngu (dpa)
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