Geneva: The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said its food price index rose 2 percent in April year-on-year, climbing to the highest level since 2023 amid the conflict in the Middle East.
Higher crude oil prices are increasing demand for seed oils from the biofuel industry, while concerns over lower seed oil production in Southeast Asia are raising prices as well, the FAO says.
Wheat prices rose 0.8 percent, due in part to higher fertiliser prices because of the war.
Those higher fertiliser prices may push wheat farmers to switch to less fertiliser-intensive crops, which would squeeze wheat supplies and raise prices for the grain further, the FAO warns.
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