MOZAMBIQUE Price Bulletin February 2021 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and 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 compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. Maize, maize meal and rice are the most important food commodities for poor. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with maize meal most often used as a substitute. Rice is also used as alternate staple as it compete with maize meal and is important for all wealth groups particularly for the middle and better off. Each of the markets represented here act as indicators for the broader region. Tete is representative for the province by the same name, Nampula and Pemba are the main markets in the north and are representative for the region, with Nampula having linkages with the interior of Zambezia and Nampula provinces and coastal Nampula. Mocuba is a major market in Zambezia Province and sorrounding areas with strong linkages with Milange bordering Malawi and Quelimane city. Beira has linkages with Gorongosa and Chimoio markets while both Gorongosa and Chimoio have strong linkages with southern markets. The Chokwe, Maxixe, and Maputo markets in the south are linked to markiets in the central region. Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges the Agrarian Chókwe is the reference market for the southern region, except Markets Information System (SIMA) of the Cooperation and Markets Directorate (DCM) of the Ministry of Agriculture Maputo, the capital. and Rural Development (MADER) of the Republic of Mozambique, for the data and information used in this bulletin.
02 l T e it 5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 2 Year Average 2018/19 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21 1 2
Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Beira Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Chimoio 25 35 30 20 25 15 20
15 MZN/Kg 10 MZN/Kg 10 5 5 0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Chókwe Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Gorongosa 40 30 35 25 30 20 25 20 15 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Maputo Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Mocuba
35 40
30 35 30 25 25 20 20 15 MZN/Kg
MZN/Kg 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Nampula Maize (White): Nominal retail prices in Pemba
35 30 30 25 25 20 20 15
MZN/kg 15 MZN/Kg 10 10
5 5
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Beira Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Chimoio
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40
MZN/Kg 30 30 MZN/Kg 20 20
10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Chókwe Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Gorongosa 60 70
50 60 50 40 40 30 30 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 20 20
10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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02 l T e it 5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 2 Year Average 2018/19 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21 1 2
Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Maputo Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Mocuba
60 80 70 50 60 40 50 30 40 30 MZN/Kg 20 MZN/Kg 20 10 10 0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Nampula Maize meal: Nominal retail prices in Pemba
80 100 70 90 80 60 70 50 60 40 50 30 40 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Rice: Nominal retail prices in Beira Rice: Nominal retail prices in Chimoio
70 60
60 50 50 40 40 30
30 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 20 20
10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Rice: Nominal retail prices in Chókwe Rice: Nominal retail prices in Gorongosa
70 60
60 50 50 40 40 30 30 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 20 20 10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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02 l T e it 5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 2 Year Average 2018/19 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21 1 2
Rice: Nominal retail prices in Maputo Rice: Nominal retail prices in Mocuba
60 60
50 50
40 40
30 30 MZN/Kg MZN/Kg 20 20
10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Rice: Nominal retail prices in Nampula Rice: Nominal retail prices in Pemba 70 60
60 50 50 40 40 30 30 MZN/kg MZN/Kg 20 20
10 10
0 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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