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World food prices hit new record high: UN food agency

AFP | By, Rome
Feb 03, 2011 04:12 PM IST

World food prices hit a new record high in January, rising for a seventh consecutive month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome said today.

World food prices hit a new record high in January, rising for a seventh consecutive month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome said on Thursday.

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The FAO Food Price Index, which monitors monthly price changes for a basket of commodities, averaged 231 points in January -- up 3.4% from December and its highest level since FAO started measuring food prices in 1990.

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