Africa Food Price Collection Portal (http://africafoodprices.io)
User Manual V 1.0
Africa Food Prices Collection Portal - User Manual
Table of Contents 1
OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 3
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HOME PAGE ...................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Commodity List ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Geographical Coverage:................................................................................................................. 7 3
COUNTRY LIST PAGE ....................................................................................................... 8
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COUNTRY PROFILE PAGE................................................................................................ 9
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OUTPUT DATASET .......................................................................................................... 10
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VISUALIZATIONS............................................................................................................. 12
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MY ACCOUNT .................................................................................................................. 13
7.1 Edit Profile: ....................................................................................................................................... 14 8
ANNEXURE ...................................................................................................................... 15
8.1 Sign-up/Register online ................................................................................................................ 15 8.2 Log In .................................................................................................................................................. 16
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1 Overview Africa Food Price Collection Project is an initiative of the African Development Bank Statistics Department and European Commission’s Joint Research Center, in partnership with Knoema. The main objective is to collect prices weekly on agricultural products (including cereals, meat, fish, vegetables, oils, fruits, dairy products and other food items) in Africa using web/mobile based Collection Tool and crowd sourcing techniques. The collected data is being compiled into a comprehensive commodity price dataset and getting published to the Africa Food Prices Collection Portal on a weekly where dataset can be accessed freely. The food prices are getting collected from several markets across all African countries. At a minimum, data is getting collected from two market locations in each African country (1 urban and 1 rural area). The selection of food items for this project is based on the International Comparison Program (ICP) product list that includes items such as staple grains, staple foods, as well as various fuels. This document helps to understand various navigational aspects and contents available in the Africa Food Prices Collection Portal. The portal can be viewed by using the link http://africafoodprices.io.
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2 Home Page Home Page describes the objective of the program and provide single window to access various information available on the portal. The Food Prices Dataset and related dashboards/reports can be accessed by Log-in to the portal. Log-in is allowed by using any of Social network accounts such as Facebook, Google+ & Twitter or Sign-up a new account for FREE by using Email-ID/Password. Information such as Commodity List and Geographical coverage can be accessed without Log-in.
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2.1 Commodity List Commodity list page shows the list of commodities along with unit of measure that are getting collected by the data collectors. The selection of food commodities is based on the International Comparison Program (ICP) product list that includes items such as staple grains, staple foods, as well as various fuels. Commodity list page may look like below shown image. Product list page link: http://africafoodprices.io/product-list
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Africa Food Prices Collection Portal - User Manual By clicking on any commodity, it will show the Product Profile Page where it shows Top 10 and Bottom 10 countries by price in USD. In addition, it shows the price in USD on Africa Continent Map. Prices in local currency are also shown in table on the Product Profile Page. Note: Only logged-in user can access the product profile page and it may look like below shown image.
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2.2 Geographical Coverage: Geographical coverage page shows the market name and location along with GPS c oordinate from where the data is being collected. Market List is arranged by country in an alphabetical order. Market list page may look like below shown image Market list: http://africafoodprices.io/market-list
On this Page, Country names are linked to their respective country Profile page and it can be seen only by logged-in user.
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3 Country List Page Country List page displays the total number of countries and markets covered till date. The country list is arranged by the region and the country names are hyperlinked to respective country profile page. In addition, right side of the page shows the monthly average price of ‘Pasteurized Unskimmed Milk’ in the African continent map and the price of ‘Loaf of White Bread’ shown in ranking gadget by country wise. Country with highest price is shown on the top. The country list page may look like below shown image.
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4 Country Profile Page By clicking any country name on the country list page, it will show the country profile page. Country Profile page shows the price movement by week in line graph for all products that are getting collected. The product lists are grouped by broader categories such as Cereals, Livestock Products, Fish Products, Vegetables, Flavors and Fuels and first item in each category shown in line graph and other items in the category are shown in table. By clicking any item displayed in the table, the line graph will be redrawn with selected item. Country Profile page may look like below shown image.
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5 Output Dataset The price data that are getting collected every week across various markets in Africa is getting compiled into a comprehensive commodity price dataset and published to the portal. The published dataset can be accessed by using the ‘Output Dataset’ link a ppears on top of any page in the portal. The direct link of the dataset is: http://africafoodprices.io/itqmupe/africa-food-prices-output-dataset By clicking the dataset link, it shows the Dataset page that may look like below shown image.
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Africa Food Prices Collection Portal - User Manual On the left side of the dataset page, it shows dimension list (Country, Location, Indicator, Measure and Time) and it helps to make the desired location & allows building various visualizations. As the selection made, the relevant graph appears on the right side. There is a set of tool bar given at the bottom of the graph which helps to export the graph in any of the following format: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, PDF, PNG.
Moreover, data for the selected criteria can also be downloaded in Excel, CSV format.
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6 Visualizations ‘Visualizations’ section in the portal shows the gallery of dashboard created in the portal. It can be accessed from the header section of any page that has the link ‘Visualizations’. Visualization page may look like below shown image
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7 My Account My Account section will appear only for the logged-in user. The purpose of this page is to display the all visualizations and datasets that are created by the logged-in user. My account page may look like below shown image
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7.1 Edit Profile: In this page, it allows changing profile information of logged-in user and also allows to link social account to the profile. Edit Profile helps to define the language settings and also provide option to subscribe email updates and notification
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8 Annexure 8.1 Sign-up/Register online To Sign-up with Food price portal, it is very simple web site registration form and it may look like the below shown image. Sign-up Link: https://afpc.knoema.com/sys/login/signup?host=africafoodprices.io
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8.2 Log In
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