Compared to the first quarter of 2024, the average price of sweet potato slightly decreased by 5 percent across all markets. Compared to first quarter prices, the price of 1 kilo of packaged rice increased in quarter 2 by an average of 14 percent in Banz, Lae and Port Moresby markets. Compared to the first quarter of 2024, prices of aibika, cabbage, English cabbage, carrot and choko-tips increased by an average of 35 percent across the country, except for cabbage and capsicum in Kokopo. From January to June of 2024, the price of pawpaw decreased, on average, by 29 percent in Kokopo and Port Moresby. Conversely, the price of pawpaw increased by 41 in Lae market. Compared to January 2024, the price of pineapple in June increased by an average of 82 percent in all markets except Goroka where it decreased by 27 percent.
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Geographic coverage | Papua New Guinea |
Originally published | 23 Aug 2024 |
Related organisation(s) | IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Food security and food crises | Staple crop |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | FoodRicePriceagricultural marketvegetablefruit |