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World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN

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1 hour ago · 3:12 readSeptember 4, 2026

World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, impacted partly by the war on Iran, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. Extrem… Oscar Rickett first reported the story. This YuToday briefing gathers the confirmed facts, what changed, and what to watch next.

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World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, impacted partly by the war on Iran, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year peak, the agency said. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commod World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, impacted partly by the war on Iran, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year peak, the agency said. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commod

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Reported context includes the following: World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, impacted partly by the war on Iran, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year peak, the agency said. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commod World food prices at highest since 2022, says UN World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, impacted partly by the war on Iran, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year peak, the agency said. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commod

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