date:Jan 14, 2013
ent) and oils (10.7 per cent). Price declines were much more modest for cereals (2.4 per cent) and meat (1.1 per cent).
The result marks a reversal from the situation last July, when sharply rising prices prompted fears of a new food crisis, said Jomo Sundaram, Assistant Director-General in charge of FAOs Economic and Social Development Department. But international coordination, including through the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), as well as flagging demand in a stagnant inter