FOOD PRICE INDEX

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                    [Title] => 'Severe droughts push food prices higher, hurting the vulnerable'
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Global food prices soared in July and some crop prices hit record highs  due to an unprecedented hot summer in key growing areas, the World Bank  said Thursday.
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                    [Title] => Phl, other nations to be affected by global rise in food prices
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The Philippines, along with other countries around the world, would  experience a rise in food prices that could invariably push up inflation  and contribute to a slowdown in their economies.
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                    [Title] => Food prices down due to ample supply
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 World food prices declined in May from the previous month due to ample supplies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-06-10 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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                    [Title] => Global food prices down
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Global food prices fell in April compared to the previous month with declines seen in the prices of cereals, sugar and dairy products amid better production, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
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                    [Title] => Food on the table
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Instead of disputing survey results showing self-rated hunger going up, President Aquino should just take it as a challenge to do better on several fronts.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-04-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan
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                    [Title] => DTI nagbabala sa 'panic buying'
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Makaraang makapagtala ng record na pinakamataas na presyo sa mga bilihin ang United Nations, nagbabala nga­yon ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa publiko laban sa “pa­nic­ buying”.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-03-12 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Danilo Garcia
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                    [Title] => Ripple effect of unrest in Mideast, North Africa
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The political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has since had a  ripple effect not only across the Arab countries but also around the  world.
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                    [Title] => 'Global food prices rose for 8th time'
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 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said global food prices rose for the eighth straight month in February as it warned that unexpected spikes in oil prices could exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets.
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                    [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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                    [Title] => World food supply steady, but prices still high in developing countries
                    [Summary] => ROME (Xinhua) – Prospective harvest of cereals crop this year has stabilized the world’s food supply, but food prices remained high in many developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report Thursday.
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'Severe droughts push food prices higher, hurting the vulnerable'

August 30, 2012 - 11:30pm

Global food prices soared in July and some crop prices hit record highs due to an unprecedented hot summer in key growing areas, the World Bank said Thursday.

Phl, other nations to be affected by global rise in food prices

August 24, 2012 - 12:00am

The Philippines, along with other countries around the world, would experience a rise in food prices that could invariably push up inflation and contribute to a slowdown in their economies.

Food prices down due to ample supply

By Louella Desiderio | June 10, 2012 - 12:00am

 World food prices declined in May from the previous month due to ample supplies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said.

Business

Global food prices down

By Louella Desiderio | May 7, 2012 - 12:00am

Global food prices fell in April compared to the previous month with declines seen in the prices of cereals, sugar and dairy products amid better production, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

Business

Food on the table

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | April 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Instead of disputing survey results showing self-rated hunger going up, President Aquino should just take it as a challenge to do better on several fronts.

Opinion

DTI nagbabala sa 'panic buying'

By Danilo Garcia | March 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Makaraang makapagtala ng record na pinakamataas na presyo sa mga bilihin ang United Nations, nagbabala nga­yon ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa publiko laban sa “pa­nic­ buying&rd...

Bansa

Ripple effect of unrest in Mideast, North Africa

March 6, 2011 - 4:29pm

The political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has since had a ripple effect not only across the Arab countries but also around the world.

'Global food prices rose for 8th time'

By Pia Lee-Brago | March 6, 2011 - 12:00am

 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said global food prices rose for the eighth straight month in February as it warned that unexpected spikes in oil prices could exacerbate an already...

Headlines

World food supply steady, but prices still high in developing countries

June 5, 2009 - 11:10am

ROME (Xinhua) – Prospective harvest of cereals crop this year has stabilized the world’s food supply, but food prices remained high in many developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture...