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

The Global Food Security Update provides an overview of the food security trends in 57 countries in six regions and offers an outlook for the 3-6 months following its release. It is based on food security monitoring reports, updates from WFP’s regional and country-based Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) units and a review of secondary information.

Ethiopia - Monthly Market Watch, 2012

Ethiopia - Monthly Market Watch, 2011

Ethiopia - Cross Border Trade, 2011

This note provides an update on the expected weather conditions for the Horn of Africa in the run-up and during the next growing season which will start from mid-September and last until mid-January. It is based on seasonal forecasts which predict three month rainfall totals and three month average temperature up to four months in advance. Hence, currently available forecasts already cover the upcoming growing season.

The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors cross-border trade of 88 food commodities and livestock in 26
cross-border markets in eastern Africa in order to quantify the contribution of formal and informal cross-border trade to food security in the region.

Ethiopia - Food Security Situation, 2011

The food inflation rate continued decreasing since the peak of 61.1% in February 2009 to below zero for the last three consecutive months whilst the non – food inflation rate remained stable around 17.7 percent.

The objective of the monitoring is to provide quantitative and qualitative information for food security analysis. The monitoring includes both formal and informal cross border trades of important food commodities relevant for food security between Ethiopia and Sudan.