date:May 07, 2012
n 2012 is expected to fall only slightly from the 2011 record,said the report.
The FAO added that the fall of 1.4% in April was the first after three consecutive months of increases warning that although the index is now significantly lower than its record level of 235 points in April 2011, it is still well above figures of under 200 which preceded the 2008 food crisis. As a result, it said the global food import bill in 2012 could decline to $1.24 trillion (down slightly from 2011s record of