ANKARA
World food prices recorded the 26-month high in November, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Thursday.
Averaging at 177.2 points last month, the FAO Food Price Index saw a surge of 2.7% or 4.7 points from a month earlier.
Significant jumps in the prices of meat products and vegetable oils pushed the overall figure to highest level since September 2017.
The FAO Food Price Index is a trade-weighted index that tracks international market prices of five major food commodity groups.
The vegetable price index soared 10% month-on-month in November to hit the highest level since May
