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Modernization of family farms improves the sustainability of food security for farm households in Burkina Faso
Family farms are poorly modernized in Burkina Faso despite their predominance in the country’s agriculture and their major contribution to national food production.
Conformément à l’Agenda 2063, la ZLECAf représente une étape majeure dans l’achèvement réel de l'intégration économique de l’Afrique.
Dans un contexte de grave perturbation de la structure du commerce mondial due à la pandémie de coronavirus, l’édition 2020 du Moniteur du commerce agricole en Afrique (Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, AATM) analyse les tendances les plus marquan
Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Kenya
Agricultural intensification is key to feed the rapidly increasing African population.
The 2020 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, the third in this series of flagship reports, presents an overview of trade in agriculture products in Africa and highlights the main impediments that affect intra- and extra-African trade.
This year’s report includes chapters focusing on intra-Africa trade integration for agricultural products, including the role of nontariff measures, and on the competitiveness of African value chains that are crucial for food security.
Informal cross-border trade in Africa
This chapter aims to propose an assessment of the reality of informal trade in Africa, particularly in agriculture: How is it defined? What are its determinants? What is its magnitude, both in terms of traded products and countries involved?
The 2020 AATM presented an overview of trade in agriculture products in Africa and highlighted the main impediments that affect intra- and extra-African trade.
Regional integration Southern Africa
This chapter examines agricultural trade integration in Southern Africa, focusing on SADC.
Intra-African trade integration
This chapter aims to shed light on those questions through the calculation of simple trade indicators, namely the export similarity index, trade complementarity index, and regional trade intensity index, as well as assessing the impact of tariffs
Africa in global agricultural trade
The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of Africa’s trade structure and trade policy. We first analyze recent performance in different markets and identify changes in the composition and direction of trade.
In this chapter, we will provide more detailed statistics concerning the (un)competitiveness of African economies in these three value chains.
The objective of this first chapter is to provide an overview of recent issues related to agricultural trade in Africa.
Diet quality and urbanization in Mozambique
Depuis juillet 2019, et un sommet de l'Union Africaine à Niamey (Niger), la Zone de Libre-Echange Continentale Africaine (ZLECA) est dans sa phase opérationnelle, après la signature tardive du traité par le Nigeria et le Bénin, et la ratification
Gender and trade in Africa: Case study of Niger
The evidence on the impact of trade liberalization on gender inequalities is not fully established yet, nor is the impact of gender inequalities on trade policy outcomes.
Gender and trade in Africa: Case study of Niger
Trade is positively associated with economic growth as it expands market opportunities, increases income earnings, and improves livelihoods.
The trade war between the United States and China involves the two largest players in the world economy (i.e., the two countries with the largest GDPs, and the largest exporters and importers).