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Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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Fresh Food Price Analysis in Papua New Guinea

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has teamed up with the PNG Fresh Produce Development Agency and the PNG National Research Institute to collect, organize, analyze and distill fresh food price data across 5 markets within Papua New Guinea. The food price monitoring tool (below) allows users to explore and compare different prices of different food items across different markets over time. Download recent Food Price Bulletins from the publications tab (below).  You can also analyze food price trends on your own by downloading the food price database by year, crop, and market here.

Papua New Guinea Fresh Food Price Monitoring Tool

The below line graph allows a comparison of:

  1. Prices of different food items within a single market over time.
  2. Prices of one food item across multiple markets over time.
  3. Comparison of different food items across multiple markets over time.

To create your graph of interest:

  1. Select one or more food crops
  2. Select one or more market
  3. Select the time period

*The graph displays the average monthly prices of the item.

Project duration: 2020 – ongoing

Contact

Emily Schmidt

Donors and funders

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Project partners

PNG Fresh Produce Development Agency

PNG National Research Institute

Markets for Village Farmers Project

Publications

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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2024

2024Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu; International Food Policy Research Institute
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2024

Price trends of Q1 of 2024 (January-March) The price of sweet potato in lowland markets of Port Moresby, Lae and Kokopo is more than double the cost in highland markets of Goroka and Banz. The price of imported rice remained stable across all markets, except in Banz where a 1 kg bag of rice decreased by 18 percent between January and March, 2024. Prices of vegetables in Goroka market decreased on average by 13 percent (except aibika and pakchoi) between January and March. Prices of all vegetables in Port Moresby increased on average by 56 percent between January and March, 2024. Fruits such as pawpaw and pineapple had mixed price trends across market. Pineapple increased on average by 28 percent in all markets. On average, the price of pineapple per kilo increased 29 percent price in Goroka, Kokopo and Banz between January and March, 2024.

Year published

2024

Authors

Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu; International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2024. Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2024. Papua New Guinea Food Price Bulletin April 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141858

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Melanesia; Oceania; Sweet Potatoes; Markets; Rice; Vegetables; Fruits; Food Prices

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Source

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Brief

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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: January 2024

2024International Food Policy Research Institute; Jemal, Mekamu; Schmidt, Emily
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: January 2024

This bulletin presents food price trends during the fourth quarter of 2023 and compares current prices with those of previous years (2021-2022) from major markets across Papua New Guinea using data collected by Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPD). It is important to note that during the fourth quarter of 2023, none of the markets had a complete set of fortnightly price data. While Port Moresby had fortnightly observations for October and December, the rest of the markets (Goroka, Banz Kokopo, Lae) collected price data on a monthly basis. No data was collected in the 4th quarter from Mt Hagen market. To access the complete and comprehensive price dataset, you can download it from our website. This bulletin reports the average real monthly fresh food price data from Port Moresby, Goroka, Banz, and Kokopo markets. The prices presented in this report are in real terms, adjusted for inflation using FAO consumer price index (CPI).

Year published

2024

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute; Jemal, Mekamu; Schmidt, Emily

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2024. Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: January 2024. Papua New Guinea Food Price Bulletin January 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141485

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Melanesia; Legumes; Markets; Food Prices; Staple Foods

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Source

Source record

Record type

Brief

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Working Paper

The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG

2024Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Rober; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Tian, Junyan
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The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG

Coffee is one of Papua New Guinea’s leading agricultural export in value terms, accounting for 156 million USD of export earnings in 2021 (FAOSTAT, 2023), 13 percent of agricultural export revenues and 1.4 percent of total export revenues. The coffee industry is a major source of income for some 2.5 million people, mainly in farm households, and is cultivated in 17 out of 22 provinces (ACIAR, 2021). Coffee exports and incomes are threatened, however, by a number of supply side factors such as ageing coffee trees, outbreaks of coffee berry borer, poor production practices and challenges in reaching markets (i.e. transport and post-harvest handling), as well as by demand-side fluctuations in the world price of coffee (World Bank, 2022; Dorum et al., 2023). This research note first presents an overview of PNG’s coffee sector, including a discussion of production trends and structure of the coffee value chain. We then utilize a simple partial equilibrium model of coffee supply and demand, along with data on coffee production and household consumption from the PNG Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) of 2009/10, FAOSTAT and the World Bank, to simulate the impacts of potential production and price shocks on the coffee industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Finally, we present an analysis of price movements in recent years and the potential costs and benefits of a price stabilization policy for coffee producers.

Year published

2024

Authors

Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Rober; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Tian, Junyan

Citation

Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Robert; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul; Schmidt, Emily; and Tian, Junyan. 2024. The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG. Papua New Guinea Project Note December 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140479

Country/Region

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Oceania; Coffee; Agriculture; Income; Households

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Source

Source record

Record type

Working Paper

Blogs

Photo essay: Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
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August 25, 2020

Photo essay: Data collection in a diverse and complex food system

By Gracie Rosenbach and Emily Schmidt

A research journey through Papua New Guinea.

Donors

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Team members

Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt

Senior Research Fellow, Development
Strategies and Governance

Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt

Senior Research Fellow, Development
Strategies and Governance

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Iga Anamo

Senior Market Information Officer, Fresh Produce Development Agency, Papua New Guinea

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Glen G Hayoge

Manager, Information Management & Communication Program, Fresh Produce Development Agency, Papua New Guinea

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