Mumbai, April 23 -- International Monetary Fund or IMF has stated that global agricultural commodity prices increased as a result of adverse weather. Between August 2024 and March 2025, the IMF's food and beverages price index increased by 3.6 percent, with the rise driven by higher beverage prices. Cereal prices increased modestly, by 0.6 percent, as concerns over crop conditions for wheat and corn subsided. Coffee prices jumped 33.8 percent, with the IMF coffee index reaching historic highs in February because of weather-related supply concerns in Brazil. Meanwhile, rice prices fell 26.0 percent as crop conditions improved in India and other parts of Asia. New trade barriers imposed in April had heterogeneous effects on agricultural price...