Region - Food prices are up, impacting instability, politics and migration

The pandemic created greater food insecurity. Now an increase in global food prices adds to the pressures.

Long time readers know that my favorite stat to monitor in terms of political stability is the FAO’s Food Price Index. If you squint and look at the upper left of the chart above published last week, you’ll see the start of a bright red line showing January 2021 data. The index is at 113, the eighth consecutive month of increases and the highest number …