Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the UN's food agency said on Thursday, adding to fears of hunger and a new wave of social unrest in poor countries.
Record high prices for staple foods last year (...)
MILAN: Agricultural commodity markets are set to remain tight with high and volatile prices despite improved supply and weakening demand, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday, raising its estimates of global grain output this (...)
MILAN/LONDON: Italian oil company Eni led the charge back into Libya on Monday as rebels swept into capital Tripoli, hailing the end of Muammar Qaddafi's rule and warning Russian and Chinese firms of contract revisions.
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MILAN: World cereals output is expected to rise to a record in 2011 on increased planting after last year's market spike, but worries about stocks will keep prices high and volatile through 2012, the UN's food agency said.
Rising food prices (...)
MILAN/ROME: Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said.
High and volatile (...)
MILAN: Global food prices hit a record high in February, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that fresh oil price spikes and stockpiling by importers keen to head off popular unrest would hit already volatile cereal markets.
Rising food (...)