Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.

CSO data

2.c.1 The CPI for food and non-alcoholic beverages was 96.9 in 2019, slightly down from 97.5 in 2018. This Index in the CPI was at its highest at 107.7 in 2013 but has declined continuously since then. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 180.5 points in February 2020, down 1.9 points (1.0%) from January but still 13.5 points (8.1%) higher than in February 2019.