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Jun 16th, 2025
Kenya Commodity Price Report - May 2025
The report presents price trends and movements for key food commodities, including dry beans, dry maize, rice, wheat, and Irish potatoes, for May 2025, in selected major regions and markets in Kenya.
May 15th, 2025
Kenya Commodity Price Report - April 2025
The report presents price trends and movements for key food commodities, including dry beans, dry maize, rice, wheat, and Irish potatoes, for April 2025, in selected major regions and markets in Kenya.
Apr 15th, 2025
East Africa Commodity Price Report - March 2025
The report analyzes the evolution of weekly maize and rice prices in four East African countries - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda - in March 2025
Apr 1st, 2025
Preparing for the Next Crisis by Harmonizing Measures of Food Security
This brief reflects on research generated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights three key limiting problems that emerged. These problems motivate three best practices that research and policy communities should consider when designing questionnaires and implementing surveys.
Mar 17th, 2025
Kenya Commodity Price Report - February 2025
The report presents price trends and movements for key food commodities, including dry beans, dry maize, rice, wheat, and Irish potatoes, for February 2025, in selected major regions and markets in Kenya.
Mar 14th, 2025
East Africa Commodity Price Report - February 2025
The report analyzes the evolution of weekly maize and rice prices in four East African countries - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda - in February 2025
Feb 28th, 2025
Best Practices for Targeting Social Benefits to Ensure Food Security
This document outlines the best practices for the targeting of social programs, highlighting the key policy decisions involved and identifying factors to consider when making these decisions.
Feb 17th, 2025
Kenya Commodity Price Report - January 2025
The report presents price trends and movements for key food commodities, including dry beans, dry maize, rice, wheat, and Irish potatoes, for January 2025, in selected major regions and markets in Kenya.
Feb 14th, 2025
East Africa Commodity Price Report - January 2025
The report analyzes the evolution of weekly maize and rice prices in four East African countries - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda - in January 2025
Feb 7th, 2025
Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Market Monitor February 2025
Except for maize, where international export prices reached a 15-month peak amidst supply concerns, global prices of AMIS crops are currently lower than they were a year ago. However, concerns about winter wheat crop conditions in parts of the EU, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and North America provide support to quotations in some origins.
Markets are also watching for potential changes in US trade policies and the responses from trading partners. This month's feature article reveals no evidence of long-term global yield growth deceleration. Instead, slow yield growth in certain commodities, regions, or countries appears to have been offset by accelerated growth elsewhere.
Yet, caution is in order: Global temperatures in 2024 were the warmest since records began in 1850, necessitating developments of cultivars resilient to temperature and precipitation variations.
Markets are also watching for potential changes in US trade policies and the responses from trading partners. This month's feature article reveals no evidence of long-term global yield growth deceleration. Instead, slow yield growth in certain commodities, regions, or countries appears to have been offset by accelerated growth elsewhere.
Yet, caution is in order: Global temperatures in 2024 were the warmest since records began in 1850, necessitating developments of cultivars resilient to temperature and precipitation variations.