Tag: Agriculture
Challenges for the youth entrepreneurs in agriculture
03 Jul 20 BlogWe need action now for a better future not only for us but for generations to come. That is what sustainable development requires. It is time for future leaders to be mindful of th...
WTO: African Group Statement on the Implications of COVID-19
26 Jun 20 NewsIntroduction
COVID-19 is an unprecedented crisis of our time – the worst global health crisis in 100 years. It threatens to disproportionately affect developing and least develo...
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04 May 20 NewsThe Bureau of the Council of Ministers of the AfCFTA will convene a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss AfCFTA implementation issues and a trade response to COVID-19. Senior of...
Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook 2019/20: Agriculture and food security in Africa
30 Apr 20 PublicationsIf there is one thing which the current Covid-19 pandemic has done, it is to highlight the issue of food insecurity on the African continent and illustrate the interdependence of f...
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22 Apr 20 NewsErastus Mwencha, Tom Pengelly: The UK must do all it can to keep trade out of Africa flowing (tralac, The Telegraph)
Covid-19 has now spread to all corners of Africa and, as the r...
COVID-19: FAO and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
17 Apr 20 NewsRegional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on continent where one in five goes hungry
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...
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17 Apr 20 NewsAU-FAO ministerial meeting on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Africa
Co-convened, yesterday, by the FAO Director-General and the Chair of the AU STC on Agriculture, Ru...
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07 Apr 20 NewsDiarise:
International Organisation of Employers digital conference, tomorrow, on the impact of COVID-19 on global trade, supply chains and employment
The IMF will releas...
Impact of COVID-19 on poultry production – view from a woman entrepreneur
07 Apr 20 BlogRaseto Agricultural Enterprise produces poultry on contract for Supreme Poultry. In order for us to comply with the lockdown regulations in South Africa, Supreme Poultry arranged a...
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25 Mar 20 NewsTomorrow: G20 leaders will convene by video conference to discuss coronavirus
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies will convene a video conference on Thursday to discuss t...
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20 Mar 20 NewsWTO cancels its ministerial conference: now what? (Borderlex EU)
The organisation may still hold a special ‘General Council’ meeting in Geneva in lieu of the ministerial, but ...
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17 Mar 20 NewsMessage from tralac on COVID-19
We recognise COVID-19 as a global disaster and are adapting the way we work and how we deliver our work programme, to safeguard the health of our s...
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16 Mar 20 NewsCustoms duty on e-transmissions: India, South Africa make new submission at WTO (Economic Times)
India and South Africa have made a new submission at the WTO against the proposed ...
Africa’s Production and Trade: Agriculture and minerals
13 Mar 20 PublicationsAfrica as a continent has extensive potential, not only to feed itself and alleviate hunger and food insecurity, but also to be an important exporter to global food markets. Agricu...
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11 Mar 20 NewsUganda to petition EAC on milk export blockade (Daily Monitor)
Uganda and Kenya, have for three months now bickered over milk exports with Kenya announcing last week it would not ...
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02 Mar 20 NewsIGAD protocol on free movement of persons endorsed at ministerial meeting (IGAD)
Ministers in charge of Internal Affairs and those in charge of Labour of Member States of the Inte...
Tariff and non-tariff trade costs on intra-African agricultural trade
21 Feb 20 InfographicsBilateral costs for trade in agricultural products include all costs involved in trading bilaterally between trade partners – the average tariff on the goods traded, as well as n...
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20 Feb 20 NewsMinisters of Health of AU member states will meet this weekend to discuss a continental strategy for preparedness and response to the coronavirus disease outbreak. The ministers wi...
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19 Feb 20 NewsKimberly Ann Elliott: Would a US-Kenya trade deal throw African integration off course? (WPR)
But a bilateral deal with the US will make it harder to bring the AfCFTA to fruition....
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17 Feb 20 NewsTrade events to diarise:
EA Competition Authority experts meeting to develop a prioritization framework and conduct of market studies (19-22 February, Dar es Salaam)
EAC:...