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In September, global food prices saw their fastest increase since March 2022, primarily due to a sharp rise in sugar prices caused by adverse weather and fires impacting Brazilian sugarcane crops, as reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO Food Price Index rose to 124.4 points, a three-percent increase from August, yet remained 22.4 percent below the peak after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sugar prices surged by 10.4 percent due to poor crop forecasts in Brazil and concerns over Indian export policies. Additionally, vegetable oil prices increased by 4.6 percent, and cereal prices rose by three percent.
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Global food prices rose in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, with sugar prices surging as dry weather and fires damaged Brazilian sugarcane crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. The FAO Food Price Index reached 124.4 points in September, a three-percent increase from August. But it remained 22.4 percent below the peak reached in March 2022 in the wake of Russia's invasion of agricultural powerhouse Ukraine. The index tracks monthly changes in international prices of a basket of food commodities. Its sugar price index surged 10.4 percent in September. "Worsening crop prospects in Brazil, due to prolonged dry weather and fires that damaged sugarcane fields in late August, were the main drivers of the increase in global sugar prices," the FAO said. ...
Source: News24
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