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The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET countryand region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to comparecurrent trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Maize, rice, and cassava are the most important foodcommodities. Markets selected represent the entiregeographic length of the country: two markets in each ofthe north, center, and south. In the north, Karonga is one ofthe most active markets in maize and rice and is influencedby informal cross-border trade with Tanzania. Mzuzu is amajor maize producing area in the northern region. Salima,in the center along the lake, is an important market wheresome of the fishing populations are almost entirelydependent on the market for staple cereals. Mitundu is avery busy peri-urban market in Lilongwe. In the south, theLunzu market is the main supplier of food commodities suchas maize and rice for Blantyre. The Bangula market in Nsanjedistrict was chosen to represent the Lower Shire area,covering Chikwawa and Nsanje districts.