Improving Agricultural Market Performance:
Developing Agricultural Market Information Systems
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global market conditions warrant policy action. Discussions during meetings of the RRF of AMIS,
the latest developments in global wheat, maize, rice and soybean markets, are reviewed,
including possible threats to global food trade flows. Specific actions needed to unblock
potential bottlenecks in supply are explored to determine actions to be carried out by the
Secretariat and by member countries.An example of the capacity building support provided under AMIS is a statistical capacity
building project implemented in the Philippines between 2013 and 2016 by the FAO and funded
by the Government of Japan. The project was intended to strengthen national capacity to
produce and use accurate statistics and, more specifically, to effectively monitor rice markets
for food security purposes. Achievements of the project at its completion the design of a new
methodology for a rop-cutting rice yield survey, which was successfully field-tested. Workshops
were also organised for training on rice data collection, analysis and dissemination. In addition,
a delegation from Thai was able to visit the Philippines to learn lessons on survey quality control
systems. Bangladesh was similarly supported under AMIS to improve its agricultural market
information systems through adoption of innovative methods and digital technology under a
project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by the FAO.
Figure 8: AMIS Mark t Monitor Report on Maize, February 2018
Source (February 2018)