in santa christina, italy, the economist for the food and agriculture organization. assistant professor in supply chain management and social responsibility at the school of economics. in ottawa -- professor of university research chair. welcome to all of my guests. can i begin with you? the food and agriculture tells us the food price index for the five staples dropped for the 10th consecutive month. a global community experiencing some of the highest food prices ever. what is going on? it is a very confusing picture that is being told. >> it is confusing, but it is not confusing once we analyze it. it will set commodities. and the prices to reach commodities. between countries, private sector, etc. it also seems it is a composite index, has a lot of changes behind the index. so we saw that the vegetable prices, sugar prices decline, while the serial prices remain stable. so the composite index with the overall answer. the next point is the consumers are like commodities in bulk. they are buying flour, bread, other goods. when the share of the commodity is relativel

so for more in this, i'm joined by august on this edition of inside story in santa christina italy as monica tova economist for the you and food and agriculture organization. in helsinki is sarah shift link assistant professor in supply chain management and social responsibility at the hankens school of economics. and in otto is chet bouquet, who denay gua professor and university research chair at the university of auto will welcome to all of my guests and thank you for joining us on this edition of inside story monica, can i just begin with you in santa christina? i'm in the official body, the food agricultural organisation of the you and tells us that the food price index for the 5 staples that are normally assessed has dropped for the 10th consecutive month. yet we're also as a global community experiencing some of the highest food prices ever in most parts of the world. what's going on? it's a very confusing picture that's being told. yes, thank you. thank you for the question in this confusing, but it's not confusing once me and i see that it can be father that it failed footbal