The World Bank says domestic food price inflation remains high across the world.
This is according to the latest Food Security Update report obtained from the World Bank website by TRIBUNE ONLINE on Tuesday in Abuja.
The report showed information from the latest month between October 2022 and February 2023 for which food price inflation data were available.
It showed high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries with inflation levels above five percent in 88.21 percent of low-income countries.
“Inflation in 93 percent of lower-middle-income countries, and 89.0 percent of upper-middle-income countries and many experiencing double-digit inflation.”
In addition, the report said about 85.7 percent of high-income countries were experiencing high food price inflation.
“The countries affected most are in Africa, North America, Latin America, South Asia, Europe, and Central Asia.”
It said according to a recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined for the 11th consecutive month in February 2023.
“The FAO Food Price Index averaged 129.8 points in February, a marginal 0.6 percent decrease from January 2023 and an 18.7 percent decrease from its peak in March 2022.”
Recall the heads of FAO, IMF, World Bank Group, World Food Programme, and World Trade Organisation released a Third Joint statement on Feb 8.
The statement was to draw attention to the need to prevent a worsening of the food and nutrition security crisis, while further urgent actions are required to rescue hunger hotspots.
A call was also made to facilitate trade, improve the functioning of markets, and enhance the role of the private sector.
It was also a call to reform and repurpose harmful subsidies with careful targeting and efficiency.
The executives also urged countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term resilience efforts as they respond to the crisis.
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