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Apr 1st, 2023

Situation Report on Nepal’s Agrifood Systems April 2023 (Bulletin No. 5)

Nepal’s agrifood system remained economically stable during March of 2023. The year-on-year inflation in food and beverage prices has cooled down to 5.6% compared to 7.5% in Feb/March 2022. Field reports however suggest that this downward movement in prices have not yet translated to substantial changes in the cost of consumer and agricultural market goods. Inflation in food and beverage prices is marginally lower than the previous year: The cost of food and beverages increased by 5.6 percent from March 2022 to March 2023. A sharp 8.8 percent decline in the price of vegetables compared to last year helped lower the inflation in food prices. Food inflation was the highest in the mid-hills and mountains (8.8 percent) and the lowest in the Kathmandu Valley (4.5 percent).
Mar 2nd, 2023

Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Market Monitor March 2023

With no end in sight to the war in Ukraine and threats of further escalation, uncertainty continues to hang over agricultural markets. Supplies are tight. Reduced plantings in Ukraine mean that other countries will need to produce additional grains and oilseeds to help rebuild global stocks and moderate price levels. The world has so far been relatively fortunate: a combination of good weather and strong producer supply response has kept market prices from rebounding back to the high levels of early 2022. However, tight stocks will mean increased price volatility, particularly during periods of uncertainty such as planting times and the Northern Hemisphere growing seasons. In addition, uncertainty over events like the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative will continue to roil markets.
Mar 1st, 2023

IPC Alert - Somalia, Mar 2023

Somalia: Nearly 6.5 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity between April and June, 1.8 million children will likely be acutely malnourished
Mar 1st, 2023

Situation Report on Nepal’s Agrifood Systems March 2023 (Bulletin No. 4)

As in the previous month, available data suggest Nepal’s agrifood system remained economically stable during March of 2023. Prices largely followed anticipated trends. Despite minor challenges that are likely to have been caused by other factors such as poor access to credit for small businesses, in addition to prices, no major threats to food or economic security were observed during the last month. Inflation in food and beverage prices is marginally higher than the previous year: The cost of food and beverages increased by 6.2 percent in February 2023 compared to the same period
in 2022. This was marginally higher than the 5.6 percent annual inflation in January 2023 and 5.9 percent in December 2022.
Feb 2nd, 2023

Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Market Monitor February 2023

Fertilizer prices have declined by more than 40 percent since hitting record (nominal) highs last spring, especially due to recent drops in natural gas prices and fertilizer plants reopening in Europe. Though prices remain almost twice the level of two years ago, this development is welcome news for producers making input purchases this spring and should improve profitability margins for many crops. With the price decline most prominent for nitrogenous fertilizers, this could make nitrogen-intensive crops such as wheat and maize more attractive planting choices than they were last spring. Lower prices could also encourage higher application rates, particularly in developing countries where fertilizer use is relatively low and where recent high prices have further reduced application rates.
Feb 1st, 2023

Situation Report on Nepal’s Agrifood Systems Fubruary 2023 (Bulletin No. 3)

Our assessment of the status of the agrifood system in Nepal during February of 2023 is ‘green’, with data suggesting that prices have remained relatively stable or have followed expected seasonal trends that are unlikely to have caused unusual challenges for smallholder farmers and poor consumers.