Highlights:
1. The impact of staple food price changes on the cost of the basic food basket from January to March 2015 was high in Cambodia and Indonesia, and moderate in Afghanistan, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It was low in the remaining countries of the region.
2. Seasonally adjusted prices for rice fell in Sri Lanka (-8%), Myanmar (-5%), Bangladesh
(-4%), the Philippines (-4%) and Pakistan (-4%) compared to last quarter. However, in Indonesia, they rose by 10 percent in Q1-2015, a 30 percent increase compared to the five-year baseline, in part due to an increase in the government’s procurement price.
3. Seasonally adjusted prices rose slightly in Nepal for wheat (+6%) and rice (+2%) from last quarter, reflecting lower rice production and the higher cereal import requirements for the 2014/15 marketing year.
4. Quarterly diesel prices dropped significantly in Afghanistan (-22.5%) and Nepal (-11.6%). In Myanmar, diesel prices also continued to fall, contributing to a 9.4 percent drop in average quarterly diesel prices from Q1-2014.
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Publisher:
WFP
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Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster
in English
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Keywords:
FOOD PRICES, HUNGER, STARVATION. WHEAT, WHEAT FLOUR, RICE, GRAINS,CEREALS, FUELS, PURCHASING POWER, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY PRICES, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, HOUSEHOLDS
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Thematic Group:
WFP
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Food and Emergency humanitarian logistict support
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Thesaurus:
10.01.00
- Food And Nutrition
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