This brief highlights Lesotho’s performance in the second BR and assesses challenges faced and lessons learned by Lesotho during the review. The brief also reviews policy and programmatic changes in Lesotho that can be attributed to the first (2017) and second BRs. It concludes by highlighting required policy actions for Lesotho to implement to meet the Malabo commitments by 2025.

This brief highlights Eswatini’s performance in the second BR and assesses challenges faced and lessons learned by the country during the review process. The brief also reviews policy and programmatic changes in Eswatini that can be attributed to the first (2017) and second BRs. It concludes by highlighting required policy actions for Eswatini to implement to meet the Malabo Commitments by 2025.

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".

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.

The pandemic is likely to be more disruptive to local food markets and thus have more serious effects on the poorest and most vulnerable groups and communities than any of the crises in recent years. This is because the poor and vulnerable are affected by changes in local food staple prices significantly more than other population groups, not only because of more limited purchasing power but also because of differences in consumption baskets.

L’Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires (IFPRI) et Le Système Régional d’Analyse Stratégique et de Gestion de Connaissances (ReSAKSS) ont organisé un webinaire sur le thème : "Le Commerce Agricole Africain à l'Epreuve de la Crise Sanitaire: Présentation du Moniteur 2019 du Commerce Agricole en Afrique (AATM) 2019 et Discussion autour des Potentiels Effets de la Covid-19".