The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) revealed in its monthly report that global prices of basic food commodities rose in July to their highest level in more than two years. It explained that rising vegetable oil prices and record-high meat prices were offset by a decline in cereal, dairy, and sugar prices.
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of basic food commodities, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, an increase of 1.6 percent from June. This is the highest reading of the index since February 2023, although it remains 18.8 percent below its peak in March 2022, which followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Source (Al-Arab London Newspaper, Edited)
