Women traders’ lack of funding saddens Chirwa Lack of access to finance is a major hindrance for women cross-border traders to expand their businesses, says Comesa trade policy analyst John Chi... 10/03/2015
East Africa smallholder farmers to benefit from new trading platform Smallholder farmers in the East Africa will soon be able to track movement of their produce from warehouses. 10/03/2015
Kenya, Tanzania under pressure to harmonise port operations Kenya and Tanzania are under renewed pressure to harmonize their port procedures and charges to ease flow of shipment to landlocked states in East... 10/03/2015
Trade unions in Arusha urge East African states to abolish NTBs East African employers and trade unions have called on EAC partner states to swiftly and fully implement the trading bloc’s Common Market Protocol... 10/03/2015
Kenya cracks down on dishonest nut dealers The Kenyan Government is launching a facts-finding mission in the nuts sector to stem massive losses and widespread exploitation of nut farmers. 10/03/2015
Tanzania’s EAC Common Market Protocol makes history in Africa President Kikwete, Tanzanian Head of State took over the chairmanship of the East African Heads of State Summit in Nairobi. 10/03/2015
St. Kitts, Turks and Caicos lead Caribbean in economic growth The Caribbean Development Bank announced that St. Kitts and Nevis and Turks and Caicos were the fastest-growing small economies in the Caribbean la... 09/03/2015
Calls for comprehensive review of CARICOM agro-food sector strategies According to a briefing paper published by the FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean, “CARICOM’s food import bill sky-rocketed from US$2.08 bill... 23/02/2014
West African producer organisations call for the implementation of Maputo Declaration commitments At its meeting in Liberia in September 2013, the West Africa regional farmers’ organisation ROPPA reiterated its call for West African governments... 08/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2012: Central Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since July 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a fuller b... 05/11/2012