Title: Food Prices: 5 Causes of Increases, Trends, Forecast, Effect
Headings: Why Food Prices Are Rising, Recent Trends, and 2021 Forecast
Assets & Markets Commodities
Why Food Prices Are Rising, Recent Trends, and 2021 Forecast
5 Causes of High Food Prices
Five Causes of Higher Food Prices
High Oil Prices
Climate Change
Government Subsidies
World Trade Organization Limits on Stockpiles
Recent Trends
2020: The COVID-19 Pandemic
2018 and 2019: Climate Disasters
2016 and 2017: Dollar Impact on Food Costs
2015: Impact of Avian Influenza
2011-2014: How Calamities Affected World Food Supply
2014
2013
2012
2011
2008: The Great Recession
Looking Ahead: The Ongoing Impact of the Pandemic
Key Takeaways
Article Sources

Content: Producers were able to export more food, limiting supply and increasing domestic prices. 14 ﻿
Oil prices also were expected to remain moderate in 2017. They rose instead, increasing trucking costs. 2015: Impact of Avian Influenza
Prices increased by 1.9% on average. Beef and veal prices rose 7.2%. Egg prices skyrocketed by 17.8% because of avian influenza, but fish and seafood prices dropped 0.9%. 2011-2014: How Calamities Affected World Food Supply
2014
Food prices rose 2.4%. Prices of specific types of food rose thanks to weather conditions.