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World food prices rose in April for a third consecutive month, with vegetable oil prices particularly elevated due to disruptions linked to the Iran war, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
The FAO Food Price Index, which measures changes in a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 130.7 points in April, up 1.6 per cent from its revised March level, reports Reuters.
In a separate report, the FAO slightly raised its 2025 global cereal production estimate to a record 3.040 billion metric tonnes, 6.0 per cent above levels seen a year ago.