Prices of coarse grains followed mixed month-on-month trends in February and March 2026 across the subregion. In the Sudan and South Sudan, prices continue to be at significantly elevated levels, underpinned by conflicts and insecurity, and severe macroeconomic difficulties, including [...]

In February and March 2026, prices of maize, millet and sorghum followed mixed month-on-month trends in monitored markets in countries of the Sahel and along the Gulf of Guinea, and they remained generally lower on a yearly basis.   In Mali, wholesale [...]

Prices of the key food staple, maize, remained broadly stable in February and March 2026, reflecting ample supply conditions across much of the subregion and expectations of consecutive bumper maize harvests in 2026. However, recent increases in fuel prices, linked [...]

In March 2026, domestic rice prices remained relatively stable month‑on‑month in most countries of the subregion. In Viet Nam, wholesale prices of rice were stable, or declined in some markets, in March and were between 7 and 20 percent below [...]

Wheat export prices increased month-on-month in March 2026 across the subregion’s three key exporters, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In the Russian Federation, wheat export prices (offer, f.o.b., deep‑seaports) rose for the second consecutive month, and by 3 percent [...]

In March 2026, wholesale prices of white maize rose month-on-month across most countries of the subregion, supported by seasonal upward pressure. In Mexico, however, prices remained stable or declined, with improved market supplies from the main season harvest that was [...]

In March 2026, wholesale prices of yellow maize followed mixed month‑on-month trends in the subregion. In most monitored markets of Brazil, maize prices strengthened monthly in March, despite the ongoing minor season harvest, due to slow farmer sales and were [...]