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Niger - Albichir, Analyse approfondie des marché et de la sécurité alimentaire, 2012

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.

Atypical drought conditions in the US causes wheat, maize and soya prices to soar (figure 1). According to data record-ed by the World Bank in July 2012, wheat increased by 50%, maize by 45% and soya by 30% since mid-June 2012. By contrast, rice prices remained stable until July 2012. Compared to the 5-year average, maize, soya and wheat increased by 59%, 44% and 31%, respectively, and rice increased only by 8%. A new bullish phase in inter-national markets could impact regional markets and the food access of West African households already affected by the current nutrition and food crisis.

Niger - Albichir, Analyse approfondie des marches et de la securite alimentaire, 2011

L’objectif de la mission est d’évaluer la situation en cours sur les marchés du Bénin, du Niger, du Nigeria et du Tchad ainsi que les perspectives de leurs évolutions avant et pendant la période de soudure 2011.

Niger - Albichir, Analyse approfondie des marches et de la securite alimentaire, 2010

Niger - Albichir, Analyse approfondie des marches et de la securite alimentaire, 2009

This bulletin provides members of the regional-level Food Security and Nutrition and decision-makers in West Africa with an overview of the food security situation, including the impliaction of international and sub-regional market trends. On West African ma

Analysis was set to identify missing or poor information on national markets , cross-border trade and variables underlying the pricing of products needed to food security of the Sahel.

With funding from the Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity (SENAC) project, in June 2005 WFP launched a study of the cereal markets in Niger. The objectives were to gain a better understanding of how markets function, to develop tools for tracking market indicators and to explain the price fluctuations since the last harvest in October 2004. An interim report dealing with the latter issue was published on 17 August 2005. The current ‘market profile’ not only discusses the 2004/2005 price increases, but also with how the markets function and the tools for monitoring the markets.