Trade is an important avenue through which countries transform their economies and raise standards of living. For African countries, trade in agricultural products offers great potential to boost incomes for farmers, processors and other agricultural value chain actors. Increasing the ability of African countries to participate in regional and global trade helps to improve well-being of consumers, raise incomes of farmers, build resilience of food markets, and ultimately also helps to boost economic growth and reduce poverty.

The objective of the briefing is to improve information sharing and promote networking that the CTA, the European Commission (DG Devco), the ACP Secretariat and Concord organize since 2007 bimonthly briefings on key issues and challenges for agriculture and rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation. This Briefing on Africa’s Agricultural Trade uses the findings of the AATM.

The briefing will be attended by more than 150 ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of EU Member States, embassies of ACP countries, civil society groups, research networks, development practitioners, and international organizations based in Brussels.

Introductory Remarks

• Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI

Panel 1: New Opportunities in Regional Trade for Africa
What do we know about intra-regional trade in Africa: findings of AATM 2019

• Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI