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Global Food Prices Drop But Still High; Market Remains Volatile, Food Indexes Show
"The [U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization] FAO index of global food prices hit an 11-month low in October, reflecting sharp falls in grain, sugar and oils prices, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday, Reuters reports (11/3). "The agency attributes the decline to an improved supply outlook for a number of commodities and uncertainty about global economic prospects," the U.N. News Centre writes (11/3). "Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said," according to an FAO press release (11/3). On Tuesday, the World Bank Group released its Food Price Watch ahead of this week's Group of 20 (G20) summit, stating that "[w]orld food prices remain high and are hitting the poorest countries hard," according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C (11/1).
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