{"id":25395,"date":"2018-08-02T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25395"},"modified":"2018-08-02T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:07:31","slug":"world-food-prices-down-3-7-in-july-fao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/world-food-prices-down-3-7-in-july-fao\/","title":{"rendered":"World Food Prices Down 3.7% In July \u2013 FAO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World food prices fell 3.7 per cent in July from the month before with declines seen across all crop types, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Agriculture\u00a0Organisation (FAO) said in Rome that the drop was the sharpest monthly drop since last December.<\/p>\n<p>FAO\u2019s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar averaged 168.8 points in July against an upwardly revised 175.3 in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decline in July was driven by weaker export quotations for wheat, maize and rice,\u201d FAO said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational wheat prices were generally weaker during the first half of the month, but concerns over production prospects in the EU and<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>the Russian Federation started to push export values higher towards the end of the month,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The sharpest individual falls were registered in the dairy price index and the sugar price index.<\/p>\n<p>FAO did not provide any new forecast for cereal output in 2018. 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