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TABLE 2.2 Socio-economic data available for food security monitoring

Data type Product Description Spatial extent Resolution Time step/temporal extent

Food prices FEWS NET price

database

Retail prices, locally
relevant commodities

35 countries At least 3 markets in each

country

Monthly, starting in 2003

Food prices FAO Global Information

and Early Warning
System (GIEWS)
global price database

Wholesale prices, mostly
cereals, ingests and
distributes FEWS NET
data

75 countries Mostly capital cities Monthly, variable start

dates, earliest 2000

Food prices Historical price data from

previous USAID data
gathering systems

Extensive databases of all
commodities

15 countries Hundreds of markets in

each country

Daily, 10-day and monthly,
ending in 2000

Food prices Country-level price

information systems

In-country datasets
collected by national
governments, including
livestock, goods,
services and food prices

Nearly all, not openly
shared in most cases

Most cities and regional
capitals

Daily and monthly, varies

Employment Labor markets Informal monitoring by

country representatives

FEWS NET presence
countries only

- -

Population Populationdensitymaps,

updated to capture
migration or large
population movements

Populationexplorer,
based on LandScan data

Global 1,000 m Continuously updated,

most recent population
data, emergency
information

Trade low maps Flow maps providing

information on market
sheds and movement of
goods across regions

Trade low information
derived from
experience and
knowledge of market
networks signiicant to
food security

Information on trade
lows from local
governments, market
information systems,
UN agencies, network
partners, market actors

One map per country for
grains important for
local food security,
livestock, labor

Updated every 5 years or
less, depending on area
and rate of change

Amount of cross-
border trade

Cross-border trade reports Survey results and analysis 88 commodities and

livestock in 26 cross-
border markets in East
Africa

- Monthly

Source : derivedfromBrown,2008,updatedandsummarized.