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World food prices fall from all-time high, easing for sixth month in a row

A grain seller waits for customers in a market in Rabat, Morocco. © AFP/Fadel Senna

World food prices fell for the sixth straight month in September, United Nations data showed, receding from all-time highs reached earlier this year in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said its price index, which tracks the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 136.3 points in September, a 1.1 percent drop from August.

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