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Time for Climate-aware, Trade-driven and Food Security-enhancing Agro-industry policies
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This regional meeting reviewed ongoing and upcoming policy efforts geared towards making agro-processing more climate-aware, trade-driven and food security enhancing in East Africa. Two years into the PACT EAC2 project, stakeholders in five countries are engaging policy makers through advocacy campaigns, whose lessons will soon be captured in research studies.… -
Interlinkages of Climate Change and Fisheries
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Fisheries is a critical issue for sustainable development of all EAC countries, whether having access to the ocean or relying on inland fishing. This meeting gathered East African negotiators at both UNFCCC and the WTO, who shared perspectives on the way forward for fisheries in both fora. -
Climate, Food, Trade Nexus with Agro-processing
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At these national meetings, participants will reflect on how to ensure that climate change, food security and trade are considered in agro-industrial development policies. Debates informed five advocacy campaigns towards this goal, whose main messages will be captured in national research studies to start soon. Participants were also briefed on… -
WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Main Issues and Interests of the East African Community
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Despite the importance of marine resources for the environment, food security and economic growth, destructive practices such as overfishing has dramatically reduced the size of fish resources worldwide. -
Addressing Domestic Support Measures in the WTO: What is at Stake for East Africa?
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Despite the huge potential for agriculture in the EAC, the region remains a net food importer relying on imports to sustain its population. Trade-distorting domestic support in agriculture remains a major challenge preventing the EAC from integrating in the world markets. At this meeting, East African negotiators to the WTO…
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Supporting Climate Adaptation: Any Role for the WTO?
Written on Monday, 07 August 2017 13:53 Read more...
Relevant and effective adaptation to climate change is a must for sustainable economic and social development of developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Climate policies have been developed at national, regional and multilateral levels to tackle the challenges of climate adaptation. However, it is critical that trade policy-makers take coherent… -
Embodying the Brussels Forum on Women and Trade
Written on Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:47 Read more...
Addressing the gender gaps in trade can go a long way in ensuring a long-term growth for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This last decade saw a surge of efforts to address gender inequality faced by women, such as the 5th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which aims to serve as a… -
How Can the Buy Kenya, Build Kenya Strategy Boost Agro-Processing?
Written on Tuesday, 18 July 2017 13:37 Read more...
The government of Kenya has endeavoured to support producers, processors, traders and marketers in the agriculture sector to develop innovative and competitive products through value addition. While the recent “Buy Kenya, Build Kenya” initiative is expected to support this move, gaps remain in its strategy in areas such as reducing… -
Tackle Climate Challenges of Agriculture: Leveraging Technology Transfer at UNFCCC
Written on Tuesday, 13 June 2017 13:25 Read more...
African countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Their economic activity is mainly based on natural resources exploitation. As biodiversity and ecosystem can be disturbed by climate change, it hence has direct effects on agriculture. The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) will be an opportunity to implement a climate-resilient agricultural system… -
A Climate-Smart Policy Framework For Tanzania’s Agro-Industry
Written on Thursday, 09 March 2017 00:00 Read more...
In Tanzania, the many problems of poverty, low productivity, inadequate infrastructure, and poorly integrated markets, are exacerbated by an under-developed agro-industrial sector. Policies such as the agricultural marketing policy and the industrial development policy have been developed to support agro-processing development. However, they do not fully address the linkages existing…
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