Food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) are increasingly important barriers to ACP countries’ exports of food and agricultural products not only to the EU, but also to other international and regional markets. This Executive Brief explores the developments of food safety and SP...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Eastern Africa Grain Council
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International Fertilizer Development Center
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[Agricultural market information systems in Africa 6: Choosing and working with partners]
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Agricultural market information systems in Africa 6: Choosing and working with partners
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Eastern Africa Grain Council
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International Fertilizer Development Center
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[Agricultural market information systems in Africa 9: Disseminating information to your clients]
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Agricultural market information systems in Africa 9: Disseminating information to your clients
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Eastern Africa Grain Council
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International Fertilizer Development Center
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[Agricultural market information systems in Africa 7: Collecting data]
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Agricultural market information systems in Africa 7: Collecting data
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Eastern Africa Grain Council
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International Fertilizer Development Center
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[Agricultural market information systems in Africa 8: Data analysis and packaging]
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Agricultural market information systems in Africa 8: Data analysis and packaging
This Executive Brief focuses on 2012-13 developments in the West African agricultural sector. It highlights production and trade trends of some major products imported into the region (such as cereals, dairy products, poultry, beef and onions), and of some export products (cocoa, cotton, banana a...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Eastern Africa Grain Council
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[West Africa - Agricultural trade policy debates and developments: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013]
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West Africa - Agricultural trade policy debates and developments: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013
Responding to a growing demand not only for human consumption and animal feed but also for biofuels, oil crops and vegetable oils rank among the world’s most widely traded commodities, with over 40% of global production sold on international markets. However, ACP countries play only a marginal ro...
The way products can secure premium prices through differentiation strategies has expanded consistently in recent decades. Besides the traditional strategies linked to product branding, product differentiation based on perceived ‘quality’ attributes is emerging as an important means of market rep...
Since the 2006/07 season, ACP coffee producers have been playing an increasing role in global coffee production, with strong growth in Eastern Africa. Although the coffee price has declined in recent years (mainly Arabica coffee), in 2012/13 the world coffee price still remained high in historica...