This Second Biennial Review Report builds on the efforts of the first round and tracks the performance of countries on each of the 47 indicators (four more than in the inaugural report) that shows the performance of the continent towards a fully transformed agricultural sector. Considerable efforts have gone into improving the quality of the data, with more countries reporting in this round, and there is an Biennial Report to the AU Assembly on implementing the June 2014 Malabo Declaration...
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.
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.
On May 30, 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement entered into force. To trigger its implementation, the agreement needed a minimum of 22 country ratifications. The AfCFTA aims to gradually eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers, accelerate regional and continental integration, improve customs and trade facilitation, develop regional and continental value chains, foster investment and industrialization, and ultimately, boost intra-African trade.
Samuel Benin is Deputy Division Director of IFPRI's Africa Regional Office. Ernesto Tiburcio is a Research Analyst with IFPRI's Development Strategy and Government Division.
