Food Prices Forecast to Rise This Decade on Population, Diets

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World food prices will rise this decade, boosted by a growing population and changing diets, the OECD and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said in their annual outlook report.
And this:
Launching a food drive in the middle of a recession would normally be abortive. But the Payson Area Food (PAF) Drive was a fruitful event, raising enough funds and cans to keep the local food bank’s stockpiles plump.
As well as:
Food inflation remained at enhanced level of 16.49 per cent despite moderation from 16.87 per cent in the previous month. Among primary (raw) food items, tea turned costlier by 21 per cent, urad by 5 per cent and moong by 3 per cent. original. puzcatwex