BBC: Global food prices fall in April
World food prices fell in April for the first time in 15 months, according to figures from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Its food price index fell to 216.7 from 217.0 in March, having surged from last April's figure of 141.7.
The FAO said it was important to be cautious about the figure, but that it was time to be a little bit optimistic.
But other analysts warned that many of the factors that have boosted food prices had not gone away. …
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