Markets, prices and trade

Rice farmers in Mali receive prices that are lower than international reference prices. MAFAP analysis suggests that the following measures [...]

Ghana’s dependency on imported rice, and excessive costs and taxes on rice imports, lead to high prices for consumers. However [...]

Cattle farmers in Burkina Faso receive low prices and have few incentives to increase production and marketing. Cattle producers would [...]

Currently sugar cane farmers in the United Republic of Tanzania receive lower prices than they could, despite high domestic demand, [...]

This paper describes the benefits and costs of managing food price instability in the context of promoting economic growth and [...]

The paper reviews the existing literature on fertilizer subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa and provides a coherent analysis of both the [...]

This paper reviews four international datasets and one regional dataset which allow us to consider the magnitude of and trends [...]

This sample spread sheet accompanies the simple price monitoring tool to assess monthly changes in food prices.

This paper presents a simple tool that can be used to monitor developments in market prices. The data requirements are [...]

The present paper attempts to identify the groups of households that most likely will face positive or negative welfare consequences as [...]