全球主要粮食商品价格在2016年出现连续第五年的下跌，2016全年平均价格指数为161.6点，比2015年同期水平减少了1.5%。受厄尔尼诺现象影响，诸如糖类和棕榈油等热带商品的产量减少，因此联合国粮食与农业组织的粮食价格指数本应增长，但是由于主要谷物的丰收与未来潜力抵消了这股推动价格指数向上的动力。十二月的粮食平均价格指数接近172点，与十一月指数相比没有变化。联合国粮食与农业组织食品价格指数是根据五种重要粮食商品：主要谷物、植物油、乳制品、肉类和糖类的国际市场价格贸易加权得出的指数。

GLOBAL - Prices of major food commodities declined for the fifth year in a row in 2016, averaging 161.6 points for the year as a whole, some 1.5 percent below their 2015 levels.Bumper harvests and prospects for staple cereals offset upward pressure on FAO's Food Price Index from tropical commodities such as sugar and palm oil, where production was impacted by El Nino.In December, the Index averaged nearly 172 points, unchanged from November.The FAO Food Price Index is a trade-weighted index tracking international market prices for five key food commodity groups: major cereals, vegetable oils, dairy, meat and sugar.