cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/6714742
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 121.5 points in September 2023, 14.6 points (10.7 percent) below its corresponding level a year ago and 38.3 points (24.0 percent) from the all-time high reached in March 2022.
Straight-up bribery like that is pretty rare in the West. That the whole government would be complicit is conspiracy theory territory.