LONDON, May 2 — Global food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher cereal, meat and dairy product prices that outweighed falls in sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said today.

ROME, Oct 5 — Global food prices surged to their largest one-month increase since 2022 in September, driven by extreme weather that put upward pressure on major food commodity categories, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported on Friday, said Xinhua.