The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration have called for the rapid transformation of Africa’s agrifood system. This ambitious agrifood system transformation agenda involves reconciling trade-offs across poverty reduction, food security, nutrition, and environmental goals.  The ReSAKSS 2020 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) focuses on the policies required to transform African agrifood systems to meet their potential.

The global pandemic has challenged Africa to find a clear pathway for food security. If Africa is to succeed, the interplay between food, markets, trade and agriculture will be critical.

This interplay goes to the heart of the 2020 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), launched today at AGRF’s Great Debate. During the session, leading minds on agri-food policy were invited to share their thoughts on the report in the context of COVID-19. Delivering the opening keynote, Dr Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson of AKADEMIYA 2063, introduced the report’s key findings.

The third edition of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) Report has been released at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) during "The Great Debate".

Les eff ets perturbateurs de la Covid-19 sur les systèmes de production alimentaire sont réels : diffi culté d’accès aux semences et aux engrais, circulation limitée des marchandises, baisse de la demande, pénurie de main-d’œuvre, en sont quelques exemples. Dans ce contexte, le défi ne consiste pas seulement à saisir l’ampleur et la complexité probables des perturbations, mais également à les identifi er et à en assurer un suivi en temps réel.

The pandemic has not left a single region of the world untouched. Its disruptive eff ects have equally reached into every corner of the global economy. Global primary commodity markets in particular are aff ected by many of the measures taken to adapt to and control the spread of the pandemic. Measures to minimize the risk of cross-border infections interfere with the normal operations of commerce, slowing down or impeding the movement of goods around the globe. The changes aff ecting global supply chains can have signifi cant repercussion on national economies.

La pandémie risque de perturber davantage les marchés locaux des produits alimentaires, avec des conséquences plus sévères que toutes les crises de ces dernières années, en particulier pour les groupes les plus démunis et les plus vulnérables. En eff et, ces derniers sont beaucoup plus aff ectés par les changements des prix des denrées locales que les autres groupes de population, en raison non seulement d’un pouvoir d’achat plus limité mais aussi des diff érences au niveau des paniers de consommation.