Food Price Index Stories

Global food prices ease as East Africa slips deeper into hunger – report
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 29, 2025

AGRA cautions that continued below-average rains could push some areas into crisis, especially as poor harvests and constrained labour income further...

Food security in Africa at risk without increased agriculture budgets, ministers warn
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 18, 2025

The ministers insist that without adequate funding, Africa will remain vulnerable to food shortages, environmental stress, and economic instability.

Global food prices climb for third straight month amid soaring cereal, meat and dairy costs
Alfred Onyango  |  May 09, 2025

The surge in global commodity prices comes at a time when Kenya’s inflation has also been on the rise, mirroring a trend that began in October last ye...

Relief as benchmark food prices down 2 per cent in a year
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 10, 2024

This paints a promising prospect for the general cost of living, which has been relatively high in the past two years, majorly hard-hitting developing...

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