Posted AT 2:56 PM EDT on 22/05/08
Global food prices may fall: UN food agency
ROME — Soaring rice prices may begin to drop amid excellent production prospects this year, but overall food prices that have set off protests around the world are likely to remain high, a UN food agency said Thursday.
Global rice market conditions could ease as new crops are harvested around the world, said the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization.
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