World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

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.

In Central America, the 2006/2008 hype in basic food prices was particularly worrisome , due to the high oil and staple food import dependency. In this framework , WFP commissioned this study on prices, markets and food security in Guatemala, and El Salvador.

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.

The purpose of this study is to develop a pre-crisis market profile for Honduras with an aim to strengthening food security assessment capacity in the country. The study is part of an ongoing programme of work under the markets-related theme of the Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity (SENAC) project conducted by the World Food Programme.