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November 18, 2022
Africa: ECA calls for modernization of the production and use of agricultural statistics to improve food security
Addis Ababa, 16 November 2022 (ECA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosts a celebration for Africa Statistics Day 2022 on the theme "Strengthening data system by… Read more »
November 25, 2019
Africa: ECA, AUC and AfDB Launch the Agriculture and Food Security Joint Thematic Working Group in Abidjan
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), under the auspices of the Joint Secretariat… Read more »
July 18, 2019
Africa: Eca and OCP Sign Agreement On Innovation and Agriculture Investments
The Economic Commission for African (ECA) and the OCP S.A. (formerly known as the Cherifien Office of Phosphates) signed an MoU aimed at strengthening collaboration on innovations… Read more »
February 08, 2019
Liberia: The Liberia Country Profile Launched in Monrovia
The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning of Liberia, in collaboration with the West Africa Sub-Regional Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),… Read more »
February 06, 2019
Africa: The Kjwa Provides a Framework to Build Agriculture's Climate Resilience
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) was adopted at the 23rdConference of the Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in… Read more »
September 08, 2018
Africa: Countries Must Focus On Macroeconomic, Trade and Gender Policies in Agriculture to Achieve the SDGs - ECA Chief
The food market will remain the biggest market in the world and Africa will be the biggest producer if we get our macroeconomic and fiscal policies, trade and gender policies… Read more »
May 03, 2018
Africa: Agriculture Is Quintessential for Africa and Must Be Leveraged for Transformation, Says Eca's Songwe
"Agriculture is the quintessential sector for the transformation of the African continent and we must treat it as such," the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for… Read more »
May 13, 2018
Africa: Agriculture's Potential to Power Economic Growth Highlighted in African Transformation Report
A major study by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has highlighted how transforming agriculture can become a stimulus for economic development across the… Read more »
May 09, 2018
Africa: At COM 2018, Ministers to Discuss Agriculture's Potential to Power Africa's Economic Growth
All is set for the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development that begins Friday at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. Read more »
March 08, 2018
Malawi: Malawi Takes Steps to Strengthen Land Governance in Agriculture Programmes
Malawi's land stakeholders have agreed to ensure land governance issues are mainstreamed in the Malawi's National Agriculture Investment Plan. Convened by the Africa Land Policy… Read more »
March 02, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Takes Steps to Integrate Land Governance Concerns in Agriculture
Senior officials from the Government, Ministry of Land Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, and the national commission on land reform (CONAREF) along with the national alliance of… Read more »
November 05, 2017
Africa: Agribusiness Could Be the Next Gate to Youth Employment in Africa
More than ever, African youth have to overcome a long and hard journey to enter the labour market. Out of 11 million young people entering the job market in Africa every year, only… Read more »
November 08, 2017
Cameroon: In Cameroon, ECA's Pedro Confers With Agriculture Minister On the 'Douala Consensus'
The director of the Economic Commission for Africa's Subregional Office for Central Africa (ECA/SRO-CA), Antonio Pedro, met with Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural… Read more »
November 01, 2017
Africa: A Transformative Continental Free Trade Area Requires Inclusion of Women
A group of experts met in Addis Ababa for the 2017 edition of the continental workshop on trade and gender under the theme; "The role of regional economic communities in supporting… Read more »
November 02, 2017
Comoros: Attaining Transformative Growth in Eastern Africa - The Focus of Discussions in Comoros
The growth rate of Eastern African countries has been among the fastest in the world in recent years, averaging 6.8% between 2012 and 2015. However, in 2016 and 2017, the regional… Read more »
October 25, 2017
Africa: Idep Invites Debate On "What Transformative Agriculture for Africa's Future?"
IDEP) - Within the framework of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) development seminar series, a high level round table dialogue on "What… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: ECA and FAO Inch Forward With Partnership Agreement
Representatives of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met in Addis Ababa on May 10, 2017 and agreed on a… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: Africa's Agricultural Production Systems Need a Radical Change - ECA's Karingi
"Regardless of the approach or transformative pathway chosen to change food systems and trade regimes, African countries need to undertake radical change in agricultural production… Read more »
Africa: Is There a Future for Smallholder Farmers in Africa?
Participants at the 2016 African Economic Conference think there is future for smallholder farmers on the continent. They think African countries can use build upon the Green… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: Ending Hunger and Enabling Food Security in Africa
Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11 th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share… Read more »
December 02, 2016
Africa: Uncertain Times Call for Smart Moves – The Promise of Agro-Alliance
The year 2016 is coming to an end with an air of great uncertainty. At the global level, many are left with questions over Brexit and the US elections. At home, many of our… Read more »
November 07, 2016
Africa: Agriculture Experts Meet to Explore Regional Value Chains
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has reiterated that capacity building of Africa policy makers in development issues can make a difference in the way Africa's… Read more »
February 04, 2016
Central Africa: Central Africa Urged to Prioritise Agribusiness
In the context of a sharp decline in the price of crude oil, Central Africa must capitalise on the diversification of its economies via the transformation of its agricultural… Read more »
December 06, 2015
Africa: Adapting Central Africa's Agriculture to Climate Change, Costly - Experts
Douala, 5 Dec. 2015 (ECA) - The adaptation of agriculture to climate change in Central Africa is a costly undertaking, which requires the mobilisation of important human and… Read more »
October 21, 2015
Africa: Xenophobia Abhorrent to Regional Integration
Xenophobia and regional economic integration are contradictory. Without the free flow of people, goods and services, there can never be regional integration or building a community… Read more »
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