World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

This report reviews the Cereal prices in the country, import parity prices, the progression of inflation, market perfomance and terms of trade.

This report, based on detailed literature review and discussions with selected key informants, presents a summary of current evidence and understanding of the impact of HFP (High Food Prices) in the Southern Africa region.

This assessment provides information on price changes for the most commonly consumed staples and their potential
impacts on the cost of the basic food basket.

This WFP Market report was conducted in Ethiopia in July 2008. The report proposes an assessment on the country’ level general price index and an analysis of the price rise, particularly for food items.