1. Improving market information
systems to inform policymaking
Joe Glauber, IFPRI / AMIS

2. • Launched in 2011 as part of the G20 Action Plan on
Food Price Volatility and Agriculture
– Following price spikes of 2007/08 and 2010/11
– Export restrictions other disruptions
• Monitoring the supply and demand situation of main
food commodities: wheat, maize, rice and soybeans
• Promoting policy coordination among main producing
and consuming countries of these crops
Background

3. AMIS members
Supported by ten international organizations and entities

4. Organizational structure

5. AMIS activities
• Disseminating information
– Market Monitor (10x/year)
– Website/market information portal
– Webinar series (with IFPRI)
• Provide capacity building
• Providing a forum for market and policy discussion
– Information group meetings (2x/year
– Rapid Response Forum meeting (1+/year)

6. AMIS during market disruptions
• 2012 drought
– AMIS meeting to assess impact on price volatility
– Joint statement to calm markets
• COVID
– Monitoring of agricultural markets and polices
– AMIS statement on export restrictions
• War in Ukraine
– Convened emergency meetings of RRF
– Chairs’ statement regarding crisis
– Statement on export restrictions

7. Enhancing analytical capacity
• Despite improved contributions from members, key information
gaps remain: stocks, feed demand, more timely estimates of trade
data.
• COVID and Ukraine war has exposed need to improve scenario
analysis at a regional and country level.
• Research is needed to identify relevant indicators of market risk,
developing early warning tools, measuring effects of trade
restrictions, and expanding capacity to measure private stocks.
• Working with FAO, interest in integrating model-based analyses into
the AMIS work programme.

8. 71st Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems
Side Event: Rome, 6 October 2016