date:Apr 12, 2013
anisation's (FAO) price index, which measures monthly price changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy, meat and sugar, averaged 212.4 points in March, up 1 percent from 210.7 in February and its highest since October 2012.
All the dynamic this month comes from the dairy, said FAO senior economist Concepcion Calpe. In general the situation is relatively calm.
FAO's dairy price sub-index jumped 22 points in March to 225.3, one of its largest changes ever recorded.
The rise was fuelled ma