Tracking the price of an orange

One of the issues about lockdown has been concerns about the rising costs of food items and other commodities particularly in community markets. On World Health Day we discussed some of the contextual challenges in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. Today we track the price of an orange (which is a good source of Vitamin C that people are using to boost their immunity).

Note: The Presidential order to restrict movement was communicated to the public on 27th March and took effect from 30th April.

The price of an orange has more than doubled from GHS 0.50 to GHS 1.25 in less than a month. Rising costs of food, normally a cause for concern, is even more troubling now that people's livelihoods have been negatively affected by the movement restrictions in place.  

Update: It appears orange prices have stabilized. The price was still 4 oranges for GHS 5 when we purchased on 18th April and 24th April.