Introduction
Sudan is experiencing severe economic and market disruptions driven by prolonged conflict, political instability, and macroeconomic deterioration. These shocks have undermined agricultural production, fragmented supply chains, and destabilized markets, resulting in volatile food availability and affordability with stark regional disparities. In such fragile contexts, timely and granular market information is essential for guiding humanitarian response, policy decisions, private sector engagement, and recovery strategies.
The Sudan Price and Availability Monitoring Survey (SPAMS) addresses this critical gap by establishing a high-frequency, nationwide market monitoring system. SPAMS systematically tracks prices, availability, and key market drivers for over 40 essential commodities across Sudan’s 18 states, integrating bi-weekly data collection with weekly dissemination. This approach enables near real-time monitoring of market stress and emerging disruptions in an environment where conditions shift rapidly due to security, economic, or logistical shocks. Beyond quantitative data, SPAMS incorporates qualitative insights from market actors to capture supply chain dynamics and policy constraints.
By launching an interactive dashboard (view it here) showcasing SPAMS’ findings overtime, this virtual launch event seeks to bring together humanitarian and development actors, policymakers, and the private sector with the goal to deliberate on the SPAMS’ price and availability data. The goal is to maximize access to essential commodities’ price data across Sudan, to inform evidence-driven dialogue, and promote improved evidence-based decision-making to combat food insecurity amid conflict
To participate, kindly register in advance using the Zoom link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
