PARIS — World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

FAO's overall Food Price Index averaged 122.0 points 2.6 points or 2.1 percent lower than the average value in 2023.

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