Dominican Republic Food Prices: WFP Market Monitoring Data
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Description
Market-level food price monitoring data for the Dominican Republic provided by the World Food Programme (WFP). The dataset tracks the cost of essential commodities such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar across various local markets. While the global WFP database contains records dating back to 1992, this specific subset provides localized economic indicators for food security analysis.
Use Cases
Trend analysis of staple crop prices like rice and beans to identify inflation patterns
Assessment of food security by monitoring price fluctuations in maize and sugar
Econometric modeling of local market volatility compared to global WFP price indices
Strengths
Sourced directly from the World Food Programme Price Database
Includes diverse food categories such as grains, legumes, and proteins
Standardized CC-BY-IGO licensing for international organizational use
Limitations
Specific column names and row counts are not defined in the source metadata
Temporal depth for the Dominican Republic specifically may be shorter than the 1992 global start date
Provenance
Source
World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database
Collection Method
Market monitoring and field surveys
Time Range
1992 - 2026
Freshness
Updated weekly, though the underlying data points are largely aggregated monthly.
Geography
Dominican Republic
The data is provided in CSV format and is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organizations license. Users should check for potential gaps in reporting during the early 1990s.