ACP sugar exports to the EU: Sugar quota abolition and the future of raw cane sugar co-refining by EU beet refiners IntroductionSince the implementation of EU sugar sector reforms, major changes have been taking place in the EU sugar sector. A number of EU sugar... 15/04/2014
Scope for future intra-ACP cooperation in the agro-food sector ECDPM has published a paper on the scope for deepening intra-ACP cooperation in support of agro-food sector transformation in ACP countries. Despit... 05/04/2014
Outlook for Doha still uncertain after Bali WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo has urged members to use 2014 “to get the struggling negotiations [in the Doha Development Round] ‘back on tra... 30/03/2014
New EU GSP comes into effect The new Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) agreed by the EU in 2012 came into effect on 1 January 2014. ACP states will be affected both indir... 08/02/2014
ECDPM recommendations on the way forward in the EU–Africa EPA negotiations A paper has been published by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) seeking to identify what needs to be done to successful... 06/02/2014
Executive Brief Update 2013: Cotton sector 1. Background and key issuesWhile the USA remains the world’s largest cotton exporter, in 2012–13 C... 19/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Oil crops sector 1. Background and key issuesTraditionally oil crops have been grown either primarily for human cons... 19/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Rice sector 1. Background and key issuesHigh global prices and rising consumer demand for rice in ACP countries... 18/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Tea sector 1. Background and key issuesAlthough China and India are the leading global tea producers, Kenya is... 17/12/2013
Executive Brief Update – 2013: Poultry sector 1. Background and key issuesThe structure and importance of the poultry sector vary considerably ac... 17/12/2013