{"id":344300,"date":"2025-08-11T17:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344300"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:53:16","slug":"fao-food-price-index-ffpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fao-food-price-index-ffpi\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Food Price Index (FFPI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> According to Food and Agriculture Organization&#8217;s (FAO) Food Price Index, Global food commodity prices rose for the second month in a row in July 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>About FAO Food Price Index (FFPI)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344301\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-344301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=416%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FAO.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FAO.jpg?w=890&amp;ssl=1 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; FAO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>food price index<\/strong> by the <strong>Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/strong> of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<li>It measures <strong>international price movements<\/strong> of a basket of food commodities over time, in <strong>nominal and real terms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commodity coverage<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Index encompasses <strong>24 basic food commodities<\/strong> that are globally traded.<\/li>\n<li>These commodities are <strong>grouped into five major groups<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>cereals, dairy products, vegetable oils, sugar and meat,<\/strong> for which a <strong>respective price index is calculated<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aggregation:<\/strong> The five commodity group price indices are <strong>combined<\/strong> by weighting them with the <strong>average export shares<\/strong> of each of the groups for <strong>2014-2016. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These <strong>trade weights<\/strong> are sourced from the <strong>FAOSTAT database<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prices:<\/strong> In total <strong>95 commodity quotations<\/strong> (export, spot, prices), all <strong>expressed in terms of US Dollars,<\/strong> are included in the FPI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Base period<\/strong>: 2014-2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Index form: Laspeyres<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequency and span:<\/strong> <strong>Monthly from January 1990<\/strong> and <strong>annual from 1961<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deflator:<\/strong> World Bank\u2019s Manufactures Unit Value Index (MUV).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 415px; width: 100%; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 415px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 415px;\" width=\"811\">\n<h2>About Food and Agriculture Organization&#8217;s (FAO)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a <strong>specialized agency of the United Nations<\/strong> that leads <strong>international efforts to defeat hunger.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Foundation:<\/strong> It was founded on <strong>16 October 1945.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal:<\/strong> Its goal is to achieve <strong>food security for all<\/strong> and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members:<\/strong> <strong>195 members<\/strong> &#8211; 194 countries and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> is also a member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> Its headquarters is in <strong>Rome, Italy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: According to Food and Agriculture Organization&#8217;s (FAO) Food Price Index, Global food commodity prices rose for the second month in a row in July 2025. 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