Rome: World food commodity prices rose in July to their highest in more than two years, driven by rising international prices for meat and vegetable oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.

According to Qatar News Agency, the FAO Food Price Index, which serves as a global benchmark for food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, marking a 1.6% increase from June. This index reached its highest point since February 2023, although it remained 18.8% below its peak in March 2022, which followed the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

In July, the increases in meat and vegetable oil prices surpassed the declines observed in cereal, dairy, and sugar, as reported by the FAO.