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Egyptian Food Observatory monthly bulletin that monitors and follows up the current situation and local crises through tracking the consumption pattern of the vulnerable households, market prices of the agricultural crops as well as commodities in the selected food basket, also to identify the status of food security.

The overall aim of this market assessment and trader survey in particular was to assess the market functioning and response capacity in order to evaluate the feasibility of a cash and vouchers intervention in Egypt. Secondarily, the aim was to develop and test tools of the WFP Cash for Change Service and the process of aligning various capacity assessments for the market, retail, IT and finance sector.

Egyptian Food Observatory monthly bulletin that monitors and follows up the current situation and local crises through tracking the consumption pattern of the vulnerable households, market prices of the agricultural crops as well as commodities in the selected food basket, also to identify the status of food security.

The purpose of this study was to provide a basic understanding of the food supply and marketing system in Egypt for WFP and to draw a more realistic picture of the extraordinary complexity of the Egyptian food marketing system.