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David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) is a collection of Central African States dedicated to promoting and strengthening cooperation between member states. The ECCAS focuses on topics such as bolstering international trade, customs, human capital, and tourism. The ECCAS also seeks to also create peace and solidarity among members.

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Regionalism, “continentalism,” and multilateralism: Building or stumbling blocks for Africa?

2025Sall, Leysa Maty; Bouët, Antoine; Seck, Abdoulaye
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Regionalism, “continentalism,” and multilateralism: Building or stumbling blocks for Africa?

Following World War II, a multilateral framework was established to structure global trade based on shared principles, including nondiscrimination through Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment, consolidation of customs duties, the ability to implement trade remedies in cases of unfair competition, and the creation of transparent trade policies and a binding dispute settlement mechanism. This framework was established in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and later by the World Trade Organization (WTO). It facilitated the rapid expansion of international trade for several decades: according to the WTO, world trade volume today is 45 times the level recorded in 1950.

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2025

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Sall, Leysa Maty; Bouët, Antoine; Seck, Abdoulaye

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Sall, Leysa Maty; Bouët, Antoine; and Seck, Abdoulaye. 2025. Regionalism, “continentalism,” and multilateralism: Building or stumbling blocks for Africa? In Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2025, eds. Sunday Odjo, Fousseini Traore, and Chahir Zaki. Chapter 5, Pp. 139-176. Kigali: AKADEMIYA2063; Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919

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Africa; Trade; Policies

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919 Source record

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Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2025

2025Odjo, Sunday; Traoré, Fousseini; Zaki, Chahir
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Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2025

The 2025 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) investigates critical topics related to Africa’s trade in agricultural products. As in previous editions of the report, we developed a database that corrects discrepancies in official trade flow values, as reported by importing and exporting countries; this database serves as the basis for analyzing Africa’s international, domestic, and regional trade. Following the 2024 report’s examination of the nexus between climate change and the environment, this year’s report focuses on food security and its linkage with global and intra-African trade.

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2025

Authors

Odjo, Sunday; Traoré, Fousseini; Zaki, Chahir

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Odjo, S., F. Traoré, and C. Zaki (Eds). 2025. Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2025. Kigali: AKADEMIYA2063; Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919

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Africa; Agriculture; Agricultural Trade; Trade; Food Security; Value Chains; Fertilizers

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919 Source record

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The rice value chain in Africa

2025Traoré, Fousseini; Laborde Debucquet, David; del Prete, Davide; Sánchez, Marco; Diop, Insa
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The rice value chain in Africa

Rice is both a strategic commodity and a staple food in most African countries. It is the second most important source of dietary energy in the region, after maize, providing 9 percent of human calorie intake (van Oort 2023). In many countries, particularly in West Africa, per capita consumption exceeds 100 kg/year (FAO 2024), putting Africa second only to Asia. Due to the combined effects of population growth, changing diets, urbanization, and income growth in Africa, rice demand is now growing at 6 percent annually, faster than any other staple food (AfricaRice, n.d.), and projected to increase significantly in the next decade. By 2034, Africa is likely to be the largest importing region globally, despite increasing intraregional trade (FAO 2025).

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2025

Authors

Traoré, Fousseini; Laborde Debucquet, David; del Prete, Davide; Sánchez, Marco; Diop, Insa

Citation

Traoré, Fousseini; Laborde Debucquet, David; del Prete, Davide; Sánchez, Marco; and Diop, Insa. 2025. The rice value chain in Africa. In Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2025, eds. Sunday Odjo, Fousseini Traore, and Chahir Zaki. Chapter 3, Pp. 85-118. Kigali: AKADEMIYA2063; Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919

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Africa; Rice; Value Chains; Markets; Trade; Policies

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.54067/9798991636919 Source record

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Book Chapter