Tag: Food security
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10 Jul 18 NewsCOMESA Summit update: The 38th Inter-governmental Committee began on Monday in Lusaka. The committee will review reports on the implementation of regional integration programmes an...
Climate variability accelerates food and nutrition insecurity in Southern Africa
10 Jul 18 NewsFood insecure population on the increase
The number of food insecure people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in the 2018/19 consumption year is 29 milli...
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04 Jul 18 NewsTalks between Kenya and Tanzania to resolve the non-tariff barriers affecting bilateral trade entered their second day today. For updates: @Trade_Kenya
Concluding today, in Lagos:...
OECD-FAO: Predictable agricultural trade conditions needed to address food security challenges
04 Jul 18 NewsSlowing population growth is expected to lead to decelerating demand for for food
Global agricultural production is growing steadily across most commodities, reaching record level...
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21 Jun 18 NewsAfrica payments: Insights into African transaction flows (SWIFT)
In 2013, SWIFT published the white paper “Africa Payments: Insights into African Transaction Flows”, which att...
Report of the tenth session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration
17 Apr 18 NewsThe tenth session of the Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration was held in Addis Ababa on 1 and 2 November 2017, on the theme, “Implementation of the Continental Free...
African Development Bank’s Economic Outlook shows decline in regional economies
13 Mar 18 NewsThe African Development Bank has expanded its flagship publication, the African Economic Outlook, with five regional reports. The regional economic studies were released in Tunis (...
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08 Mar 18 NewsToday’s tralac daily news selection marks International Women’s Day 2018: enjoy our compilation of commentaries, data sources, event pointers
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Namibia’s Mrs Sabine Bö...
Time is Now to scale up women’s rights and nutrition activism in Africa
08 Mar 18 NewsOn the occasion of International Women’s Day, three African leaders and activists, Martin Chungong, Cameroonian Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Dr Ibrahim May...
Southern Africa Trust launches report on women traders and farmers in SADC
08 Mar 18 NewsThe experiences and challenges of women in the SADC region: The case of trade and agriculture sectors
Women play a key role in the trade and agriculture in the Southern African De...
Africa’s prosperity also lies in creating decent and attractive jobs for rural youth
23 Feb 18 NewsFAO Director-General: explore opportunities along the food chain, including urban food markets
Agriculture will continue to generate employment in Africa over the coming decades, ...
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16 Feb 18 NewsFrom RECs to a Continental FTA: Strategic tools to assist negotiators and agricultural policy design in Africa (UNCTAD)
The establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)...
30th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa
16 Feb 18 NewsSustainable development of agriculture and food systems in Africa
Improving the means of production and the creation of decent and attractive employment for youth
The 30th F...
Food prices must drop in Africa: How can this be achieved?
14 Feb 18 NewsAfter the 2007-08 crisis, we got into the bad habit when discussing food prices of focusing almost exclusively on volatility and overlooking the question of the level of ...
Seminar on staple crop processing zones in Africa: From vision to action
12 Feb 18 NewsThe African Development Bank organised a seminar on “Enhancing Knowledge on the Challenges and Opportunities of Developing and Implementing Staple Crop Processing Zones in Africa...
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09 Feb 18 NewsAnnounced: Abdoulaye Mar Dieye to head UNDP’s Global Policy Bureau
Brazil circulates proposal for WTO Investment Facilitation deal (ICTSD)
Brazil submitted an extensive draft p...
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05 Feb 18 NewsFeatured infographic, @justchad_cga: Over half of oranges traded globally are sourced from Africa – who would have thought!! Extract from latest USDA Foreign Agriculture Services...
FAO calls for renewed commitment to get Africa back on track to eliminate hunger
29 Jan 18 NewsHunger-fighting initiatives in Africa need to be deepened and broadened to put the continent back on track to eliminating the scourge of undernutrition, FAO Director-General José ...
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23 Jan 18 NewsReminder: The USITC hearing, US trade and investment with Sub-Saharan Africa: recent developments, is scheduled to take place today in Washington.
The Gambia’s Trade Policy...
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08 Dec 17 NewsChina’s double-digit trade jump pairs global and domestic demand (Bloomberg)
China’s trade engine remained in high gear with a surprise export surge accompanied by further acc...