The CFS Food Price Volatility Portal is a resource for CFS members.  It lists websites that have resources for monitoring food prices and websites that have tools and resources for policy makers.  Use the search box on the right to refine your search.  If you have a suggestion for a site send it to cfs@fao.org

Some resources for monitoring food price trends

• World Food Situation - FAO 
• Global Food Price Monitor - FAO
• The Market Monitor - WFP
• Grain market information and indices – IGC
• Food Security Portal/Country Commodity Prices - IFPRI

Click here for more Monitoring Websites

Some resources for policy makers

• FAO’s Initiative on Soaring Food Prices - FAO
• GIEWS Food Price Data Analysis Tool - FAOl 
• Food Security Research  - IFPRI
• World Bank Food Crisis    
• The Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) - HLTF 
• Inputs from the international NGO - OXFAM 

Click here for more Policy Websites

CFS is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Presentations from the Food Price Volatility Briefing 27 May 2011, FAO, Rome: 

• Food Outlook Preview: Short-Term Outlook for Agricultural Commodities
  
• Food Price Volatility and Vulnerability
  
• Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets: Policy Responses
  
• FAO regional/subregional policy consultations on volatile prices
  
• The Impacts of High Food and Fuel Prices
  
• Risk management for smallholders farmers: Weather index-based insurance
• Addressing  Food Price Volatility: Actions and Tools