World food prices hit 3-year high in July as weather and war weigh, FAO says

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization reported a significant rise in world food prices in July to their highest level in over three years.

World food prices rose in July ​to their highest in more than three ​years as adverse weather and war escalation ‌in ​the Gulf and Black Sea supported crop markets, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.