date:Jan 11, 2013
oducts (down 15%) and oils (down 11%). Year-over-year price declines also were noted in cereals (down 2%) and meat (down 1%).
The result marks a reversal from the situation last July, when sharply rising prices prompted fears of a new food crisis, said Jomo Sundaram, assistant director-general in charge of the F.A.O.s Economic and Social Development Department. But international coordination, including through the Agricultural Marketing Information System, as well as flagging demand in a stagna