The Regional Initiative has three main components:

The primary goal of the Regional Initiative on Agrifood Trade and Market Integration is to support member countries in enhancing the agrifood trade policy environment for small and medium-sized enterprises. A better trade policy environment for modern agrifood markets requires the development of capacity for both trade agreements and domestic food safety and quality standards. The Initiative consists of three main components to support the sharing of ideas, experiences and solutions across interventions.

COUNTRIES IN FOCUS: Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

While international trade policy is usually implemented at the border, adherence to food safety and quality standards concerns national food safety systems as well as food safety and quality control at the enterprise level. This means that a supportive policy environment for modern agrifood trade encompasses not only border policies, but also policies and institutions at the national and enterprise level.

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