联合国粮食及农业组织预测,2013年全球粮食价格仍将居高不下。在当前粮食库存偏低的形势下,如果粮食歉收,可能出现新一轮的价格上涨。因美国粮食出现严重歉收以及其他粮食出口大国遭遇干旱,2012年北半球夏季粮食价格出现上涨,引发了再次出现像2008年那样的粮食危机的恐惧。然而,联合国粮农组织发布的2012年12月食品价格指数平均值为209点,是6月以来的最低值, The UN Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that global food prices will remain high in 2013. In the current situation of low food stocks, if the food fails, there may be a new round of price increases. Food prices in the northern hemisphere rose in summer 2012 due to a serious food shortage in the United States and drought in other major food exporting countries, triggering the fear of another food crisis like the one in 2008. However, the average of the Food Price Index issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in December 2012 was 209 points, the lowest level since June,