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The African Continental Trade Area Agreement and agricultural development: challenges and prospects. FSN Forum in Africa report of activity No. 15
This document summarizes the online discussion The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement and agricultural development: challenges and prospects held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (FSN Forum Africa) from 5 May to 2 June 2020. The discussion was facilitated by Jean Senahoun from FAO’s Regional Office for Africa in Accra, Ghana.
This online discussion aimed to exchange ideas on the challenges to and prospects for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement in Africa’s agricultural sector and its implications for food security and nutrition. Participants shared ideas on the Trade Area’s potential impacts in general, and more specifically on food security and agricultural development. In addition, the issue of informal cross-border trade and how this could be addressed in the context of the AfCFTA was addressed. Last, the discussion elicited comments stressing the need to make AfCFTA-related policymaking processes more participatory.
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