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Meat prices fell 1.4 per cent, pulled down by cheaper beef, mutton and lamb that outweighed stable poultry prices and higher pork prices.

March 6th, 2015 - 09:10 GMT

Some positive news: food prices lowest in four-and-a-half years

Global food prices fell 1 per cent in February to their lowest in more than four-and-a-half years, with cereals, meat and sugar declining.

Repairing the damage caused by two years of fighting could cost up to $80 billion

March 17th, 2013 - 11:26 GMT

Syria's economy continues to suffer

If Old MacDonald had a farm in Syria, it would most likely be destroyed.

January 25th, 2013 - 09:25 GMT

Syrian farms tattered and their farmers are gone

Saad al-Otaibi, assistant director-general of FAO explained that some of the region’s countries were unable to cope with the increasing food needs stemming from fast-growing populations

November 16th, 2011 - 10:33 GMT

Food prices up 80 percent since 2002

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August 5th, 2000 - 02:00 GMT

Was the Baghdad FAO Hostage Drama Plotted by the Iraqi Security?