# 1452. February 2026 World Food Price Trends | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences | JIRCAS

> The FAO Food Price Index rose to 125.3 points in February 2026, up 0.9% from January, the first increase after five monthly declines. Cereal, meat and vegetable oil indexes rose, while dairy and sugar fell; the vegetable oil index hit its highest since June 2022.

- Date: 2026-03-09 · published 2026-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20206-1452-february-2026-world-food-price-trends-japan-international-research-center
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher wheat, barley and vegetable oil prices raise feed input costs for buyers, though the index remains about 1% lower year-on-year.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-11 | [932. December 2023 World Food Price Index \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32196-932-december-2023-world-food-price-index-japan-international-research-center.md) | +0.2% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-11 | [World food prices reach new peak since July 2011](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47694-world-food-prices-reach-new-peak-since-july-2011.md) | -3.9% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-02 | [World food prices climb in November, stay at 10-year peak -FAO \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43649-world-food-prices-climb-in-november-stay-at-10-year-peak-fao-reuters.md) | +0.3% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-05 | [World food price index ends 2023 some 10% below 2022 levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6744-world-food-price-index-ends-2023-some-10-below-2022-levels.md) | -2.2% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-08 | [Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’ \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14496-ukraine-war-drives-international-food-prices-to-new-all-time-high-un-news.md) | -2.0% | +4.8% |
| SBO | 2026-02-09 | [1434. January 2026 World Food Price Trends \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20623-1434-january-2026-world-food-price-trends-japan-international-research-center.md) | +1.8% | +13.3% |
| SBO | 2022-12-15 | [679. November 2022 World Food Price Index　 \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38272-679-november-2022-world-food-price-index-japan-international-research-center.md) | -0.0% | -2.6% |
| SBO | 2021-04-11 | [World food prices reach new peak since July 2011](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47694-world-food-prices-reach-new-peak-since-july-2011.md) | +1.8% | +16.8% |

## Sources

- jircas.go.jp: https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/program/proc/blog/20260309

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