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Highlights: Since the last update on February 29, 2024, the agriculture and cereal price indices closed 2 percent higher, respectively, and the export price index closed 1...

Highlights: An upsurge in global food commodity prices entails trade-offs with 13 SDGs Various extended analyses confirm the documented food price-SDGs nexus Mitigating abrupt...

Highlights: Access to healthy diets depends on retail prices for diverse foods in local markets. Consumer prices for retail items have different dynamics than commodity prices...

This sixth knowledge review of Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security (KC-FNS) analyses, organises and synthetises the information from 57 papers published between 1st December...

This paper begins by discussing the socio-economic and resource pressures facing the international community prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 (Chapter 2) before examining the direct...

The paper investigates the basics of public stockholding, exploring the objectives of such programmes, the policy instruments used to achieve them, and their possible market impacts. It also...

The world faces a food crisis as major price shocks exacerbate food insecurity. A multitude of factors have contributed to growing food insecurity since 2018, including conflict...

This study aimed to understand the consumer perceptions and experiences of food environments and food acquisition practices across the globe during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results reveal...

Today, about one third of agricultural and food exports in the world are traded within global value chains that encompass at least three countries. At the same time...

FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 34 in Africa and 9 in Asia, are in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts and climate-related shocks are critical factors...