Tag: Agriculture
South Africa’s agricultural trading relationship with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS)
19 Aug 15 PublicationsThe objective of this paper is to analyse the Southern African Customs Union’s (SACU) agricultural trading relationship with particular focus on South Africa’s dominant trading...
Winning Africa’s future: Food security for all
23 Jul 15 NewsIn a little less than 7 days, more than 1400 participants will gather in Nairobi on 30-31 July 2015 to discuss how Africa can win its future under the theme “Re-imagini...
OECD-FAO expect stronger production, lower prices over coming decade
02 Jul 15 NewsStrong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for agricultural products over the coming decade, b...
Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP) South Africa: 1st National Stakeholder Workshop, 29 January 2015
02 Feb 15 EventThe first stakeholder involvement workshop for the GE-TOP South Africa took place on 29 January 2015 in the boardroom of the National Agricultural Marketing Council in Pretoria. Ab...
AU/NEPAD Strategy and Roadmap on Agriculture launched for mutual accountability and results
29 Jan 15 NewsThe African Union Commission and NEPAD Agency have launched the AU Implementation Strategy and Roadmap to achieve the 2014 Malabo Declaration, for agricultural growth and shared pr...
India – travelling under the radar?
21 Jan 15 PublicationsRecent tralac research has shown that since 2001 Africa’s overall trade with the old friends (the United States and the European Union in particular) has dramatically declined wh...
Clean industrialization critical for Africa to ‘leapfrog’ outdated technologies – Ban
21 Nov 14 NewsAfrica needs a green, clean industrialization that leapfrogs outdated, polluting processes and platforms and benefits from new technologies, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki...
The 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union ends in Malabo
15 Jul 14 NewsThe 23rd Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union concluded in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on 27 June 2014. The summit’s Assembly, comprising Heads of State and Governme...
Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods
11 Jul 14 NewsWe, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union,
having met at our Twenty Third Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 26-27 June 2014, ...
Cotton development meeting focuses on regional efforts to make aid more effective
30 Jun 14 NewsRegional African organizations are increasing their involvement in developing the continent’s cotton sector to ensure aid reaches farmers who really need it, and strengthen produ...
Ghana – trade and trade related issues
25 Jun 14 PublicationsThe World Bank reports that Ghana is a medium sized country in west Africa, with a land area of around the same size as the United Kingdom or Uganda. The reported population i...
As Africa celebrates, it is total agony as Uganda’s AGOA dream fades
28 May 14 NewsLack of an AGOA policy seen as main cause of fading dream
It is exactly 14 years since the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law by the US Congress to spur deve...
Capacity building at tralac – Geek Week, 24-28 March 2014
09 Apr 14 EventAs an essential part of its capacity building initiative, tralac conducted a week-long trade data accessing, collation and interpretation training workshop (also known as ‘G...
The AU Summit and 10 years of agriculture
30 Jan 14 NewsThe 22nd African Union Summit began on Tuesday, 21 January 21 in Addis Ababa with the 27th ordinary session of the AU’s Permanent Representative’s Committee, chaired by Ethiopi...
Africa’s ample resources provide an opportunity for inclusive growth
09 Oct 13 NewsAfrica continues to grow strongly but poverty and inequality remain persistently high
Five years after the start of the global financial crisis, most countries in Sub-Saharan Afri...
Capacity building at tralac – Geek Week, 9-13 September 2013
18 Sep 13 EventAs an essential part of tralac’s capacity building mandate in Southern Africa, we conducted the annual trade data accessing, collation and interpretation training exercise (...
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2012
11 Sep 13 PublicationsThe Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook has become a household name in the SADC region, when it comes to monitoring the progress or non-progress of integration within the...
BRICS: South Africa’s Way Ahead?
28 Aug 13 PublicationsThe accession of South Africa into the ‘BRICS’ formation has attracted wide attention internationally. Some welcomed the step while others questioned it. A closer look at BRICS...
The New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement: implications for South Africa
05 Jun 13 PublicationsTwo-way merchandise trade between New Zealand and China has increased since the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was implemented, but this is a weak test of the FTA per se as virtually a...
Shall we samba? – an update
23 Jan 13 PublicationsThe world’s economic and trading environments have changed since the 2010 publication of tralac’s South Africa’s way ahead: Shall we samba? In this update to that p...