SDG Indicator 2.c.1 - Food price anomalies

This course is primarily intended for: staff of public institutions responsible for monitoring domestic food markets or involved in price data collection, dissemination and analysis within the reporting of SDG Indicator 2.c.1; as well as professionals working in public or private organizations interested in price monitoring and market stability.

• Rationale of Indicator 2.c.1 within the context of the Sustainable Development Goal 2
• Importance of market stability and market prices monitoring and the role of the Indicator as a warning too
• Main concepts to understand supply and demand, market integration and price volatility
• Steps to estimate the Indicator
• Features provided by the FPMA Tool to search for national and international food price series and analyze their trends and statistics for monitoring purposes

The course consists of 4 lessons, ranging from approximately 20 to 60 minutes duration each:

• Lesson 1 – Market stability and Indicator 2.c.1: an introduction
  
• Lesson 2 – An introduction to food market analysis
  
• Lesson 3 – A guide to calculating and interpreting SDG Indicator 2.c.1
  
• Lesson 4 – How to analyse and interpret prices through the Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Tool

The online version of this course runs on the latest versions of the major browsers, such as Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox.

The downloadable version only runs on Windows PC’s and no additional software is needed.