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Global food markets: resilient but recent fluctuations Markets well supplied and food stocks near all-time highs

But well below the highs of 2011/12

Global food prices resilient through pandemic; up in recent weeks

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Food

Unlike the 2007-2008 global food crisis, scarcity at global level is not an issue at this time Source : World Bank Commodity Price data, US Federal Reserve

April 15, 2021

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