BURUNDI Price Bulletin
August 2014
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET
country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing
users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, maize and rice constitute the
basic staple foods for the majority of the Burundian population.
Beans are the main staple crop in Burundi; cassava, sweet
potatoes, maize and rice are also very important, the former
constituting the main source of protein for most low‐ and
middle‐income households. Bujumbura, the capital and largest
urban center in the country, functions as an assembly, wholesale
and retail and main consumer market. It receives beans and
sweet potatoes mainly from Gitega, Bujumbura, Kirundo and
neighboring countries, for consumption and also acts as an
assembly market for trade with the central regions of the country
and DRC. Kirundo is one of the most important markets for the
country because it is located in a very large beans production
area, and is linked with Rwanda in the north. Muyinga, Cankuzo
and Ruyigi are important cross‐border markets with connections
to Tanzania. Makamba sits in a southern cross-border market with
connections to Tanzania. Cibitoke is a town in the North West,
with trade connections with Democratic Republic of Congo.
FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges the local
government agencies, market information systems, UN
agencies, NGOs, and private sector partners.
Beans: Nominal retail prices in Gitega
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
Beans: Nominal retail prices in Bujumbura
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2012/13
JUL
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
AUG
SEP
2013/14
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
BIF/kg
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
AUG
2013/14
JUL
AUG
2013/14
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
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JUL
Beans: Nominal retail prices in Muyinga
BIF/kg
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
Beans: Nominal retail prices in Kirundo
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
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Beans: Nominal retail prices in Ruyigi
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
Beans: Nominal retail prices in Ngozi
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
JUL
2012/13
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
SEP
AUG
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2013/14
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices in Muyinga
600
600
500
500
400
400
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices in Kirundo
300
300
200
200
100
100
0
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
SEP
2013/14
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices in Ngozi
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices Ruyigi
500
500
400
400
300
300
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
JAN
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices Gitega
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
Sweet Potato: Nominal retail prices in Bujumbura
1,500
1,350
1,200
1,050
900
750
600
450
300
150
0
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
OCT NOV DEC
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2013/14
200
100
200
100
0
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
Famine Early Warning Systems Network
JUL
AUG
2013/14
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
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Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Gitega
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Bujumbura
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
JUL
2012/13
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
AUG
SEP
2013/14
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
BIF/kg
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2012/13
JUL
SEP
2013/14
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
BIF/kg
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2012/13
2013/14
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
JUL
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
SEP
AUG
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2013/14
Maize: Nominal retail prices in Bujumbura
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
Maize: Nominal retail prices in Gitega
1,400
1,400
1,200
1,200
1,000
BIF/kg
1,000
BIF/kg
2012/13
AUG
Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Ruyigi
BIF/kg
JAN
OCT NOV DEC
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Ngozi
OCT NOV DEC
JUL
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
AUG
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
SEP
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Muyinga
BIF/kg
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
Cassava Flour: Nominal retail prices in Kirundo
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
800
600
800
600
400
400
200
200
0
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
Famine Early Warning Systems Network
JUL
AUG
2013/14
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
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Maize: Nominal retail prices in Muyinga
1,400
1,200
1,000
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
Maize: Nominal retail prices in Kirundo
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
800
600
400
200
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
SEP
AUG
Maize: Nominal retail prices in Ruyigi
JAN
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
Banana: Nominal retail prices in Bujumbura
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
800
700
600
500
BIF/kg
BIF/kg
OCT NOV DEC
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
2013/14
400
300
200
100
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
JUL
AUG
2013/14
Banana: Nominal retail prices in Gitega
800
700
600
BIF/kg
500
400
300
200
100
0
SEP
OCT NOV DEC
JAN
5 year average 2008/09-2012/13
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2012/13
Famine Early Warning Systems Network
JUL
AUG
2013/14
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