ECOWAS is financially self-sufficient. This provides immense capacity to lead and implement policies and programs that benefit intraregional agricultural trade. Supported by an evolving institutional framework, the REC has created an enabling environ...
COMESA has developed a sound institutional framework that supports agricultural development as well as agricultural trade. The REC has adopted a pragmatic approach to addressing key barriers to agricultural trade. Focusing on unlocking finance for tr...
Intraregional trade in SADC is the highest within the eight RECs officially recognized by the African Union. SADC’s institutional framework includes both, a top-down approach for smooth co-ordination, and an inclusive approach that empowers stakehold...
This report Trading Up: Policy innovations to expand food and agricultural trade in Africa provides options for sustainably, yet rapidly, increasing intraregional agricultural trade in Africa, drawing on the experience of COMESA, ECOWAS and SADC in...
This report, Trading Up: Policy innovations to expand food and agricultural trade in Africa provides options for sustainably, yet rapidly, increasing intraregional agricultural trade in Africa, drawing on the experience of COMESA, ECOWAS and SADC in...
Ghana is recognized as a leading African country in its efforts to reduce poverty and boost economic growth. A key component of success is the government’s forward-thinking long-term policies that have paved the way for short-, mid-term and cross-sec...
Rwanda has developed an extensive institutional framework that supports effective coordination between different stakeholders in the development and implementation of activities and interventions in its food systems. The government’s approach centers...
Malawi is among the top African countries that are on course to achieve continental agricultural policy reform and budget allocation targets. Recent institutional, policy and programmatic interventions demonstrate a comprehensive approach to transfor...
Morocco’s commitment to sustainably develop its agriculture sector and agri-food industries to meet its food and nutritional demands from domestic production has significantly contributed to building a sustainable food system. Through the Ministry of...
The initiative Food System Transformative Integrated Policy (FS-TIP) initiative supports African governments that demonstrate robust integrative leadership and capacity the development and implementation of transformative and integrated food systems...
This report, Connecting the Dots: Policy Innovations for Food Systems Transformation in Africa draws on the experience and at times visionary leadership of four African countries: Ghana, Malawi, Morocco, and Rwanda. It focuses on their policy and ins...
This policy brief aims at providing analysis on the status of key factors that shape food system in Malawi by focusing mainly on the recent performance (2010 – 2019). The drivers covered includes environmental and climatic conditions, global trade, a...