Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Monthly Food Prices per 1,000 kcal – Ghana (2011$)

Food Groups	No.	Foodstuffs	Obs.	Mean	Std. Dev.	CV	Min	Max
Grains, white roots and tubers, and plantains	1	Cassava	70	0.33	0.07	0.20	0.23	0.48
	2	Cocoyam	70	1.07	0.24	0.23	0.71	1.62
	3	Kokonte	70	0.38	0.06	0.17	0.27	0.54
	4	Garri	70	0.44	0.07	0.17	0.34	0.72
	5	Rice (imported)	70	0.73	0.12	0.16	0.60	1.09
	6	Rice (local)	70	0.52	0.06	0.12	0.42	0.75
	7	Maize	70	0.26	0.05	0.18	0.19	0.40
	8	Millet	70	0.39	0.05	0.13	0.31	0.51
	9	Paddy Rice	56	0.40	0.13	0.32	0.24	0.86
	10	Plantains	70	1.47	0.49	0.33	0.91	3.38
	11	Sorghum	70	0.37	0.04	0.11	0.29	0.47
	12	Yam	70	1.04	0.17	0.16	0.76	1.48
Pulses	13	Cowpea	70	0.61	0.10	0.17	0.43	0.85
	14	Soybeans	70	0.29	0.07	0.24	0.13	0.47
Nuts and seeds	15	Groundnuts (shelled)	70	0.58	0.11	0.19	0.40	0.79
Meat, poultry, and fish	16	Anchovies	70	4.83	1.04	0.22	2.43	8.92
	17	Tilapia (dried)	70	2.53	0.61	0.24	1.03	4.32
	18	Herring (smoked)	70	1.99	0.45	0.22	1.27	3.45
Eggs	19	Eggs	70	6.23	0.44	0.07	5.22	7.58
Vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruits	20	Mangoes	70	1.41	0.51	0.36	0.64	2.94
Other vegetables	21	Eggplant	70	9.16	2.37	0.26	4.78	16.55
	22	Onions (large)	70	8.95	2.90	0.32	4.20	14.51
	23	Tomatoes	70	20.77	6.88	0.33	10.09	39.91
Other fruits	24	Bananas	70	1.90	0.37	0.20	1.15	2.84
	25	Oranges	70	2.94	0.90	0.31	1.20	6.72
	26	Pineapples	70	2.94	0.32	0.11	2.29	3.87

Note: Authors’ calculations, from Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture file data. Two food groups in the MDD-W are not represented in this data set: Dairy, and Dark Green Leafy Vegetables. Data were imputed by carry-over from the previous month to fill missing observations for soybeans (Feb 2010) and mango (Aug, Sep, and Oct 2009; Feb 2011; Sep and Oct 2013). Kokonte and garri are forms of processed cassava.