Papua New Guinea

Food Price Monitoring &
Analysis Tool

The Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Tool provides real-time insights into food price trends across selected markets in Papua New Guinea. This is a collaborative effort by FPDA and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this tool intends to empower farmers, consumers and policymakers with data-driven analysis for informed decision-making. Explore price trends, patterns and make crop specific market comparisons to understand the dynamics of Papua New Guinea's fresh food markets.

The tool is mirrored from IFPRI's website: https://www.ifpri.org/project/fresh-food-price-analysis-papua-new-guinea

The tool has four pages, selected from the tabs at the top:

1. One crop per market: the price trend of one crop in one market, with an alert for unusual price spikes.
2. Multiple crops per market: whether a market is less expensive or more expensive than the mainland, food group by food group.
3. Multiple markets per crop: where a crop is less expensive, and whether markets rise and fall together.
4. South Fly: what food costs in Daru, Mabaduan and Morehead compared with the mainland.

To explore a page:

1. Select a market
2. Select a crop
3. Select the time period
4. Choose how prices are averaged: monthly average or 3-month moving average (recommended)

Use Clear All Filters to reset a page. Hover over any chart or card to see the numbers behind it.

*Prices are real prices in 2021 kina, adjusted for inflation with the national consumer price index, and are shown per kilogram unless the crop says otherwise. The mainland average includes Banz, Goroka, Lae, Mt. Hagen and Port Moresby. Kokopo and the South Fly markets are shown separately. South Fly price collection started in November 2024. The price spike alert uses the ALPS method developed by the World Food Programme and needs at least 36 months of prices.