Nigeria, May 6 -- Global food commodity prices rose for the 11th consecutive month in April, led by sugar, oil, and meat the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has said.

The FAO said this in its Food Price Index report released on Thursday.

The index tracks international prices of most commonly traded food commodities.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 120.9 points in April, 1.7 per cent higher than March and 30.8 per cent higher than its level in the same period last year.

"The increase marked the eleventh conservative monthly rise in the value of the FAO Food Price Index to its highest level since May 2014.

"And in nominal terms is 12 per cent below its all-time peak in February 2011," it said.

The FAO S...