Paris | Reuters — World food prices declined for a fourth consecutive month in December, marking the lowest average since January, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 124.3 points in December, down from 125.1 in November and 2.3 per cent lower than a year earlier.
For the full 2025 year, the index averaged 127.2 points, up 4.3 per cent from 2024, led by higher vegetable oil and dairy prices, while cereal and sugar quotations fell.
— Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide
