Translation of "Indice FAO des prix des aliments " (French → English) :

B. whereas prices of all monitored commodity groups according to the FAO, surged in January, except the cost of meat. FAO's food Price Index a commodity basket that tracks monthly changes in global food prices, averaged 231 points in January and was up 3.4 per cent from December last year – the highest level since the agency started measuring food prices in 1990,

Stresses that the volatility of prices has aggravated malnutrition problems worldwide, as the FAO observes, and that greater liberalisation of world trade in agricultural products, which has been encouraged by WTO agreements, has not so far made it possible to curb the threat of hunger in the world; stresses that the EU also has a duty to contribute to world food security;

Acknowledging in its conclusions of 20 June 2008 that high food prices were affecting the situation of the world’s poorest populations and putting at risk progress towards the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the European Council adopted an EU Agenda for Action on MDGs which states that the European Union is committed, in line with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Conference Declaration adopted by the FAO High Level Conference on World Food Security on 5 June 2008 (the ‘FAO Conference Declaration’), to promote a global partnership for food and agriculture and wishes to play a substa ...[+++]ntial role in helping to bridge part of the financing gap by 2010 in the areas of agriculture, food security and rural development.

Therefore, it is not certain that this index captured the actual trend of real estate prices for food retail purposes in Åre from May 2003 to October 2005.

(5) In view of the right of consumers to be well and clearly informed so that they can choose what to eat and assess differences in selling prices, the name of the species used should be an element of the reference to the category name.

(5) In view of the right of consumers to be well and clearly informed so that they can choose what to eat and assess differences in selling prices, the name of the species used should be an element of the reference to the category name.