{"id":14525,"date":"2026-04-05T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14525"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T08:47:50","slug":"fao-food-price-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fao-food-price-index\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Food Price Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>FAO Food Price Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index rose in March 2026, largely due to higher energy costs linked to the escalating conflict in the Middle East<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About FAO Food Price Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>measure of the monthly change<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in international prices of a basket of <\/span><b>food commodities.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of the average of <\/span><b>five commodity group price indices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (cereal, vegetable, dairy, meat and sugar), weighted with the average export shares.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Base year:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2014-16.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is the Food and Agriculture Organization?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>specialized agency of the United Nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of <\/span><b>195 members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 194 countries and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its sister bodies are the <\/span><b>World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reports published by the FAO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The State of the World\u2019s Forests (SOFO), The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA), The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO), The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rome (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/world-food-prices-rose-in-march-as-iran-war-lifted-energy-costs-fao-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. 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