#2025AATM Chapter 5 of the report assesses the performance and trade effects of African regional trade agreements, with a particular focus on the AfCFTA. It examines whether existing regional frameworks act as conduits or constraints to deeper trade integration. Overall,

The #2025AATM Chap. #4 analyzes the role of fertilizer trade in enhancing food security in Africa. This timely, specialized topic is embedded in the broader question of trade and food security, which constitutes the common thread of this report. The complex links between

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮! Chapter 3 of the #2025AATM shows that Africa has consistently been a net importer of rice in recent decades. During the 2019–2023 period, rice accounted for one-quarter of the continent’s total trade deficit in cereals, on

𝗔𝗔𝗧𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟮! This section analyzes intraregional African trade, showing that it was dominated by regional markets representing more reliable sources of food amid global supply chain disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine

#2025AATM 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁. Ch

The East African Community (EAC) is facing challenges in meeting key targets of the Malabo Declaration. The latest Biennial Review (BR4) highlights gaps in agricultural investment finance, with most Partner States not reaching the 2021 benchmark and several failing to meet the

Post-Malabo Issue Paper! The Post-Malabo era marks a critical shift for Africa, moving from agriculture-led growth to comprehensive agrifood system transformation. Key to success: aligning policies, investments, and strategies to tackle emerging challenges like climate change,

Fourth CAADP BR Brief: Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Region! This brief outlines the performance of the SADC region and its Member States in advancing the seven Malabo Declaration commitments based on the BR's fourth report. The paper also details the SADC

#2024ATOR! Connecting Africa’s climate change and bioeconomy agendas: The report highlights the win-win relationship between climate action and expanding the bioeconomy, with lessons from the continent and beyond. Transitioning to a bioeconomy would require clear strategies

Did you know? AGRODEP facilitates the use of economic modeling tools, promotes access to data, provides training, research grants & networking opportunities to its network of Africa-based experts, equally supporting collaboration between these experts & their peers outside the

The 2024 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) makes a case for converging the two pressing agendas of climate change and the bioeconomy toward building resilient agrifood systems in Africa. Harnessing Africa’s ecological wealth and investing in the continent’s

“The 2024 ReSAKSS ATOR, the official monitoring and evaluation report for the CAADP, recognizes the high-priority status of climate change on Africa’s development agenda. The research should be leveraged as a policy tool for decision-makers to promote dialogue on pathways toward

The 2024 @ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report, "Advancing the Climate & Bioeconomy Agenda in Africa for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood Systems," emphasizes the urgent need for African policymakers and global partners to leverage Africa’s renewable biological resources.

A major challenge to the effective implementation of countries’ climate commitments and ambitions is a lack of climate finance, in particular the limited funds dedicated to adaptation projects and interventions, @ReSAKSS 2024 ATOR finds! More: https://t.co/vrPB0QIodi

Eswatini's progress toward achieving the Malabo goals by 2025 requires urgent action. Based on the country’s performance in four Biennial Reviews (BRs), there is a nees to increase agricultural budget allocations and strengthen private sector engagement. The authors of the BR

Malawi’s path to #Malabo2025: The latest CAADP Biennial Review (BR) calls for renewed commitment across all agricultural transformation targets, including stronger CAADP domestication and stakeholder partnerships. Read the analysis: https://t.co/edWofyPSPS

To meet the Malabo Commitment of halving poverty through agriculture by 2025, authors recommend that South Africa focus on increasing agricultural value-added, reducing poverty, and narrowing the gap between farmgate and wholesale prices, according to the Fourth CAADP Biennial

Tanzania and the Malabo Commitments. Based on the Fourth CAADP Biennial Review (BR), this analysis examines Tanzania’s performance across the seven Malabo Declaration Commitments, highlighting key progress, persistent challenges, and lessons learned from four review cycles. The

To respond to challenges in collecting and analyzing agricultural trade and market data, #ECOWAS, with the support of the @WorldBank, and the technical expertise of @AKADEMIYA2063, has designed an analysis tool – the ECOWAS Agricultural Trade and Market Scorecard (EATM-S). The

The Kampala Policy Brief Series Issue #9 – Addressing Data Deficiency in CAADP’s Poverty Reduction Commitment – examines Africa’s data reporting performance on the commitment to halve poverty under the fourth CAADP Biennial Review (BR) of the Malabo Declaration. Learn more: