World food prices climb in April, cereal output seen rising - U.N. FAO
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ROME (Reuters) - World food prices rose some 1.5 percent in April, with a jump in dairy and meat prices helping offset a fall in cereal quotations, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) also issued its first forecast for global cereal production this year, seeing a record output for 2019 following a decline in 2018.FAO's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar,..