Figures & data
Figure 2 Domestic Food Price Volatility Indexa a In FAO data, Asia includes Turkey and the Middle East. Domestic food price volatility is a measure of variation of the domestic food price level index. This is calculated as the standard deviation of the deviations from the trend in domestic price level index over the previous five years. Figure based on FAO food security indicators from: http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/ess-fsdata/en.
Figure 1 Domestic Food Price Level Indexa a In FAO data, Asia includes Turkey and the Middle East. The Domestic Food Price Level Index is defined as the ratio of food purchasing power parity (PPP) to the general purchasing power parity of a country. It gives a measure of the price of food relative to other items of consumption. Figure based on FAO food security indicators from: http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/ess-fsdata/en.
Horticultural training project where drought-resistant moringa cabbage trees produce high yields, even during droughts, and are vital for household food security as a source of income, medicine, fodder, fuel and shade all year round, Medo, Borena, Ethiopia, 2012
