what role does regional trade play in getting food from the farm to the fork
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FRANCESCO RAMPAProgramme Manager – Food Security
GDPRD Annual General Assembly31 January 2013, The Hague
What role does regional trade play in getting food from the
farm to the fork?
• Integrated reg.markets enable food to move from surplus to deficit areas, increasing food availability, reducing price volatility, stimulating diversification
BUT: poor performance of African agricultural markets (only 25% marketed - 19% of intra-Afr exports is agric) infrastr & Governance & Policy Bottlenecks low supply response, no incentives to inv,
export bans…
Why regional trade ?
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• Individual countries alone cannot address challenges & opportunities
• Coherence/coordination of different reg. initiatives enhance their chances of success, also ODA (HORIZ.COHERENCE)
• Coherence/coordination of reg. and national action increase the value of both (VERTICAL COHERENCE)
• Linking food security and regional integration can help public-private cooperation & stimulate investment
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Why regional cooperation ?
• Challenges and opportunities : corridor approaches & trade facilitation for PSD for food security
• political economy and trade policy issues that constrain open regional trade
• a common vision on opportunities for private sector involvement in
infrastructure development for regional trade opportunities for the expansion of local and
external agribusiness investments in regional trade corridors in Sub-Sahara Africa
the role donors can play in promoting regional trade
THIS GROUP:
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• ECOWAS, COMESA, EAC, SADC, ECCAS, IGAD … Spaghetti
• vert coherence & horiz coherence• Businesses say (“Grow Africa”)
bottlenecks to inv in CAADP are often regional … business-led RI
• Participation of NSA in Reg CAADP Compact preparations?
• Which agric.model ?
Different Regions – Shared Challenges
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• DPs at HQ-reg-nat to align/coord/harmonize Reg Compacts (reg DWG)?
• From aid to development effectiveness?
• PPPs ?• What are early deliverables &
pilots (CAADP)?
DPs challenges
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• Plan of Action for Boosting Intra-Africa Trade …early deal to liberalise key regional food staples markets?
• CAADP the instruments to define and operationalize trade-agriculture collaboration
• Strengthening the capacity of relevant institutions and producers to effectively participate in these innovative practices and monitor their impact at country level;
• Mandating AU,NEPAD,RECs to institutionalize policy dialogue aimed at realizing synergies between agriculture and trade sectors;
First ever AU Joint Ministerial on Trade & Agric
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