On February 3, was published in the FAO Food Price Index, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which measures the monthly change in international prices of a basket of five groups of foods intended for use as global economy - sugar, cereals, dairy products, meat and fat and oil - and prices are based on 55 international markets.
The index of products, with the exception of meat has gone up again for the seventh consecutive month and in January 2011 increased by 3.4%, the highest percentage increase since the FAO has started to monitor prices, in 1990. The FAO said that this increase is not a "food crisis", but the leap in power fear a repetition of the situation that occurred in 2007-2008 when the price of agricultural products has risen so much to bring countries such as Haiti and the internal clashes in Bangladesh.
The index of products, with the exception of meat has gone up again for the seventh consecutive month and in January 2011 increased by 3.4%, the highest percentage increase since the FAO has started to monitor prices, in 1990. The FAO said that this increase is not a "food crisis", but the leap in power fear a repetition of the situation that occurred in 2007-2008 when the price of agricultural products has risen so much to bring countries such as Haiti and the internal clashes in Bangladesh.
