“Food prices reach record highs”

In March, world food prices hit record highs, at least since 1990. These are the consequences of the war in Ukraine.

About it UNFood and The statement came from the Agricultural Organization (FAO).

The average price of the FAO food index in March was 159.3 points that, This is 12.6 percent more than in February, when the index reached its highest level since 1990, when it began to be calculated.

It is noted that, about 30 percent of world wheat imports, snowwhile food imports 20 interest Russia and It falls on Ukraine. Also, as a result of the war in Ukraine, the largest exporter of vegetable oils, the prices of this product rose to a record 23.2 percent. (Report)