A number of countries, including China, are stockpiling for an uncertain pandemic season amid concerns over whether the global supply chain for food can remain intact as COVID-19 cases rise worldwide.

LONDON — Global prices for food commodities including rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain ...

Russia Global food prices rise after Russia pulls out of wartime grain agreement with Ukraine International wheat prices rose by 1.6% in July, the first increase in 9 months ...

The rebound in the Food Price Index was driven by a 12% month-on-month rise in the price of vegetable oils, the agency said, boosted, in part, by increases in global crude oil prices.

Global food prices saw the largest jump in 2.5 years in September, ... World Food Price Index Marks Biggest Rise Since March 2022. Sugar prices saw the biggest gains on Brazil, ...

The other food category adding most to the overall food price rise is sugar. Here, again, unfavorable weather, including frost damage in Brazil, has reduced supply and inflated prices.. Cereals have ...

Global food prices recently rose to an 18-month high, ... expecting cocoa prices to rise to $10,000 per ton within the next three months. Cocoa is a key ingredient in chocolate, ...

Global food prices rose for the 12th month in a row in May, up nearly 40% year over year, according to the United Nations’ food price index. Last month was also the sharpest monthly rise in ...

The figure for June marks the fastest rate of inflation, which measures how quickly prices are rising, since January 2024.

Summary. Although January saw a slight easing in the rate of food producers input cost inflation, it was still the second-sharpest rise in a decade after December's all-time high.

Now it is adding global hunger risks, because of the food price crisis. The rise in global food prices started in mid-2020 because supply chain disruptions triggered food stockpiling.