Global food prices fell for a third straight month in November, driven by declines in sugar, dairy and oil - though cereals bucked the trend with a modest rise
A United Nations' index of food-commodity prices fell 2.6% in May, as declines in grains, vegetable oil and dairy offset higher sugar and meat costs
Food prices on international markets were 2.5 per cent higher than their values last October, but 27 percent below the all-time high hit in February 2011