Alert for Price Spikes (ALPS)
The Alert for Price Spikes (ALPS) is used to detect abnormally high food prices.
The indicator is constructed as the gap between observed prices and their long-term seasonal trend. Thresholds are defined to characterize the situation on a given market: normal - stress - alert - crisis.
Market *
- - Select Market -0
- Accra209
- Bolga221
- Cape Coast213
- Ejura223
- Ho219
- Koforidua212
- Kumasi215
- Mankessim214
- Obuasi216
- Sekondi/Takoradi211
- Sunyani217
- Tamale220
- Techiman218
- Tema210
- Wa222
Commodity *
- - Select Commodity -0
- Cassava68
- Maize51
- Plantains (apentu)98
- Rice (imported)64
- Rice (local)71
- Yam99
Price Type *
- - Select Price Type -0
- Wholesale14
* Denotes a required field
From:
- 11
- 22
- 33
- 44
- 55
- 66
- 77
- 88
- 99
- 1010
- 1111
- 1212
-
- 20082008
- 20092009
- 20102010
- 20112011
- 20122012
- 20132013
- 20142014
- 20152015
- 20162016
- 20172017
To:
- 11
- 22
- 33
- 44
- 55
- 66
- 77
- 88
- 99
- 1010
- 1111
- 1212
-
- 20082008
- 20092009
- 20102010
- 20112011
- 20122012
- 20132013
- 20142014
- 20152015
- 20162016
- 20172017
The projected price for the next 6 months is calculated based on the whole time series including the latest data available (AUG 2017) and is subject to changes as new data comes in.
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