Prices of coarse grains generally declined in October as 2022 harvests increased supplies. However, exceptionally high levels continued to be recorded in South Sudan and the Sudan in October, and in Somalia in September, where famine is projected in late [...]

In Sahelian countries, prices of coarse grains followed mixed trends in October and remained at exceptionally high levels. The high prices reflect the low market supply stemming from below-average cereal harvests in 2021 and reduced trade flows, associated to lingering [...]

Prices of key cereal staples continued to rise, but at somewhat slower rates compared to preceding months, amid the start of the planting period for the main 2023 season crops. In South Africa, driven by a further depreciation of the [...]

Domestic prices of rice showed mixed trends in October and were above their year-earlier levels across the subregion. In Viet Nam, prices increased for the second consecutive month, with seasonally tight availabilities exacerbated by harvest delays due to unseasonal rains [...]

In the Russian Federation, export prices of milling wheat in October averaged about 2 percent higher than a month earlier, in line with trends of other origins, at levels slightly above those of October 2021. Uncertainties over the continuation of [...]

The passage of Tropical Storm Julia affected the main season crops of red beans at germination stage in early October and exerted strong upward pressure on prices in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. In Honduras and Nicaragua, prices of red [...]

Across the subregion, prices of wheat remained overall stable at high levels. The notable exception was Argentina, the subregion’s major wheat producer, where unfavourable production prospects exerted strong upward pressure on prices for the second consecutive month. Persistent dryness reduced [...]