This paper uses trade data from the COMESA statistical database covering 19 countries covering the period 1997 to 2013 to analyze the trade competitiveness of selected agricultural commodities traded among COMESA member states using the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) methodology. The computed RCA indices showed that countries in the COMESA region had fluctuating advantages in trade in different food staples over the years.
This report highlights achievements made in 2018 and the first half of 2019 by IFPRI and its partners in support of the CAADP implementation agenda through ReSAKSS, the AGRODEP Modeling Consortium, and the MaMo Panel.
The Director of IFPRI for Africa –Dr Ousmane Badiane, accompanied by Dr Greenwell Matchaya (ReSAKSS-SA Coordinator) had consultation meetings with the Minister of Agriculture for Angola Agriculture (Honourable Antonio Francisco de Assis) and Departmental Heads on the 16th of August 2019.