This section presents information-and decision-support tools to strengthen the ability of policymakers, food policy experts, and researchers to respond quickly to dynamic developments in the world food system.
Food Security and Nutrition Indicators Dashboard-Africa South of the Sahara
The Food Security and Nutrition Indicators Dashboard is an interactive tool specifically designed to provide a comprehensive overview of nutrition and food security metrics for countries in Africa South of the Sahara. This dashboard allows users to analyze chronic and acute indicators, compare various metrics, and visualize complex data through customizable charts and maps. It serves as a valuable resource for policymakers and researchers working to address food security challenges and improve nutrition across this region.
Food Price Shocks Tool - Africa South of the Sahara
The Food Security Portal's Price Shocks Tool provides an interactive way to explore the impact of price changes on poverty. When you set hypothetical price shock(s) using the tool, net impacts of selected price changes are generated per household and the impact on poverty is automatically calculated accordingly.
Food Security Simulator
The tool simulates how price or income changes affect food consumption and diet quality, providing detailed, survey-based results by income group and area.
Early Warning Hub
The Early Warning Hub consolidates alerts and data from multiple systems, providing timely information to help decision makers anticipate and address food crises.
Rwanda Food Price Monitor
The Food Price Monitor provides daily updates of prices in wholesale and retail markets for a wide range of food products in Rwanda.
Africa COVID-19 Food Price Monitor
The Food Price Monitor provides daily updates of prices in wholesale and retail markets for a wide range of food products. Alerts refer to price changes from the start of social distancing measures taken because of COVID-19 and are based on a pre-COVID-19 reference price.
Africa COVID-19 Food Price Media Analysis
While the impact of rising food prices may be clear, the root causes of such price increases often are not. The role of various short- and long-term factors, such as the growth of commodities futures markets and changing levels of grain stocks, continues to be debated. This tool generates up-to-date media daily analysis of factors that may influence commodity price volatility and food security related to COVID-19.