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        "msgid": "fao-middle-east-conflict-drives-up-global-food-prices-1776135065",
        "date": "2026-04-14 09:19:00",
        "title": "FAO: Middle East Conflict Drives Up Global Food Prices",
        "author": "Sakina Rakhma Diah Setiawan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported a 2.4% rise in the global Food Price Index to 128.5 points in March 2026, marking the second consecutive monthly increase primarily triggered by escalating energy costs from the Middle East conflict. Vegetable oils and sugar prices surged the most, with the former up 5.1% due to higher palm, soy, sunflower, and rapeseed costs, and the latter jumping 7.2% amid expectations of increased Brazilian sugarcane allocation to ethanol production. This development underscores the vulnerability of global food supplies to geopolitical tensions and energy market fluctuations.",
        "content": "<p>Global food prices rose again in March 2026 after a period of decline\nin the preceding months. The United Nations Food and Agriculture\nOrganisation (FAO) noted that this surge was mainly driven by higher\nenergy costs resulting from the escalation of conflict in the Middle\nEast, which has begun to spill over into the global food supply chain.\nAccording to the latest FAO report, cited on Tuesday (14 April 2026),\nthe Food Price Index (FFPI), an indicator measuring monthly changes in\nglobal food commodity prices, increased for the second month in a row.\nIn March 2026, the global food price index reached 128.5 points, up 2.4\nper cent from February. This rise occurred across nearly all commodity\ngroups, though at varying levels. FAO emphasised that the increase\nreflects not only fundamental market conditions but also the direct\nimpact of surging energy costs triggered by geopolitical conflict. \u201cThe\nprice increase since the conflict began has been relatively small,\nmainly driven by higher oil prices and offset by abundant global cereal\nsupplies,\u201d said FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero. The global food price\nrise in March 2026 was primarily propelled by sharp increases in\nvegetable oil and sugar prices, which are highly sensitive to energy\nprice changes. FAO recorded a 5.1 per cent increase in the vegetable oil\nprice index compared to the previous month, continuing an upward trend\nfor three consecutive months. This rise was triggered by higher prices\nfor palm oil, soy, sunflower, and rapeseed. Meanwhile, sugar prices\nrecorded the sharpest increase, at 7.2 per cent month-on-month. FAO\nattributed this rise to expectations that Brazil would allocate more\nsugarcane to ethanol production, in line with rising global energy\nprices.<\/p>",
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