A shopper walks past an aisle where cooking oils are displayed at a discount mart in Seoul on Sunday. The prices of oils and fats drove up the the global food price index with an on-month hike of 8 percent.YONHAP
A shopper walks past an aisle where cooking oils are displayed at a discount mart in Seoul on Sunday.
The global food price index tallied by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization increased to 118.3, up 1.1 percent in March compared to a month prior. This marks the first upward turn in food prices in eight months.
The prices of oils and fats drove up the figure with an on-month hike of 8 percent.
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