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agro-processing for East Africa
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Momentum for a Pro-Development and Sustainable Agro-Industry in East Africa
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This regional meeting reviewed ongoing and upcoming national and regional policy efforts geared towards making agro-processing more climate-aware, trade-driven and food security enhancing in East Africa. Three years into the PACT EAC2 project, stakeholders in all the five countries are engaging policy makers through advocacy campaigns, at both national and… -
Tanzania Training Workshop: Climate and Agriculture
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CUTS International in partnership with trapca conducted this training workshop to build capacities of Tanzanian climate negotiators and other stakeholders to link agriculture and trade issues in climate negotiations. -
Uganda Training Workshop: National Industrial Development Policy
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This on-demand training workshop delivered by the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (trapca) aimed to build capacities of Ugandan policy makers and other stakeholders to develop a holistic National Industrial Development Policy. In Particular, training focused on integrating relevant elements of trade, climate change, food security and gender in… -
Advocacy For Change: Making Industrial Policy Work for Climate-aware, Trade-driven and Food security-enhancing Agro-Processing
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Gathering at five national meetings, East African stakeholders considered the way forward in ensuring that key agro-industrial policies promote climate-aware, trade-driven and food security-enhancing agro-processing. On this matter, they released five national research studies which will support their continued engagement with policy-makers through advocacy towards policy change. In addition, they… -
Tourism services: State of Play and Opportunities for EAC services providers
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At this meeting, trade and climate negotiators from East Africa reflected on the state of tourism in the region, and discussed how to leverage rules and programs under both the UNFCCC and WTO. They also discussed the effect of climate change on tourism in the region, and considered the challenges…
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Les Infrastructures dans l’Agro-industrie : Adaptation aux Effets du Changement Climatique
Written on Tuesday, 30 October 2018 16:47 Read more...
Le climat est devenu imprévisible, et au delà de leurs effets sur la production agricole, les changements climatiques impactent négativement des infrastructures essentielles au développement de l’agro-industrie burundaise. Proposant des éléments pour une stratégie de mise en œuvre de l’agro-industrie dans le cadre de la future politique industrielle, une récente… -
World Food Day: By 2030, How Can Kenya Achieve Food Security?
Written on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:45 Read more...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to, among others, ending hunger and ensuring access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round. In Kenya, food insecurity remains a threat especially due to low agricultural productivity, poverty, high population growth rates and climate change effects… -
Rejuvenating the Agro-Sector in the EAC: Opportunities for Youth Employment
Written on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 00:00 Read more...
Agriculture remains the backbone of most African economies, including the East African Community (EAC) members, yet the job creation capacity of the sector has been underleveraged. Although the agro processing sector holds much potential for employing the bulging youth population in the region, the main employment sector of these countries… -
MSME International Day: What Sustainable Way Forward For EAC Agro-Food MSMEs?
Written on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 00:00 Read more...
Agro-food micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the East African Community (EAC) face the adverse consequences of climate change and at the same time may negatively impact the environment. As environmental challenges have been thoroughly addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), their achievement could bring substantial benefits to… -
Tanzania Sustainable Industrial Development Policy: Call to Include Climate Change, Food Security, and Trade Concerns
Written on Friday, 25 May 2018 00:00 Read more...
Recognising the caveats in the current Sustainable Industrial Development Policy (SIDP), the government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment is at the early stage of thoroughly reviewing the SIDP. The review should lead to a new and comprehensive industrial policy that provides for synergies of agro-processing…
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