# Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity | Netherlands for the World Bank

> The World Bank's food security update reports high food price inflation across most low, middle and high-income countries. Maize and rice prices are up year on year while wheat is lower, and the agricultural and cereal price indices were roughly flat over the last two weeks.

- Date: 2023-03-28 · published 2023-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36757-food-security-update-world-bank-response-to-rising-food-insecurity-netherlands
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent food inflation and firm maize and rice prices signal tight-to-stable global grain markets, with no new supply shock driving a directional move.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-01-03 | [The FAO Food Price Index 2024 showed falling world sugar prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26626-the-fao-food-price-index-2024-showed-falling-world-sugar-prices.md) | -0.3% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2026-05-08 | [World food prices rise to more than three year high in April, FAO says - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19272-world-food-prices-rise-to-more-than-three-year-high-in-april-fao-says-grainews.md) | +1.3% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2025-09-11 | [Grains rise on short covering as markets brace for USDA yield revisions - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7570-grains-rise-on-short-covering-as-markets-brace-for-usda-yield-revisions.md) | +6.1% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2026-06-29 | [USDA forecast shows rising costs for corn, soybeans, sorghum and wheat - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18856-usda-forecast-shows-rising-costs-for-corn-soybeans-sorghum-and-wheat-brownfield.md) | +2.8% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2025-11-18 | [Visualizing USDA's updates to yield forecasts - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13040-visualizing-usda-s-updates-to-yield-forecasts-pro-farmer.md) | -1.7% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-03 | [The FAO Food Price Index 2024 showed falling world sugar prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26626-the-fao-food-price-index-2024-showed-falling-world-sugar-prices.md) | -1.9% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-05-08 | [World food prices rise to more than three year high in April, FAO says - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19272-world-food-prices-rise-to-more-than-three-year-high-in-april-fao-says-grainews.md) | +3.3% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-02-01 | [Farming News - Weekly update on the markets - Brexit & weather dominate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60902-farming-news-weekly-update-on-the-markets-brexit-and-weather-dominate.md) | -1.2% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- nl4worldbank.org: https://nl4worldbank.org/2023/03/28/food-security-update-world-bank-response-to-rising-food-insecurity/

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