The rise followed two months where prices held steady, the FAO said.
There has been concern this year about possible food shortages as drought has hit grain crops in the US Midwest, Europe and central Asia.
The FAO also forecast a decline in global cereal production this year.
It now predicts 2.286 billion tonnes of cereal to be produced, slightly down from the 2.295 billion tonnes it estimated a month ago.
The current forecast would mean a 2.6% fall in cereal production from 2011's record crop.
The FAO said this would result in a significant reduction in world cereal stocks by the end of 2013, but added that very early indications for wheat crops in 2013 were encouraging.
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