News insight+Jul 13, 2026AI-Generated Insight
The Hidden Enemy Behind the Rising Food Prices
The year 2021 also triggered an increase in all price indices, starting with food, and a wave of inflation spreading around the world.
FFoodversy Intelligence●5 min read
Mete İmer stated that the Food Price Index of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) increased by 28.1% throughout the world in 2021 compared to the previous year and reached the highest level of the last 10 years with an average of 125.7 points. While normally high prices are expected to increase production, the high input costs, the ongoing global virus epidemic and increasingly uncertain climate conditions leave no room for optimism for 2022.
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