COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2-4 November, 2009

Calculation of rice and maize parity prices in Niger.

Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Senegal.

The global food crisis of 2007-08 has focused attention on food prices, pushing the topic to the top of the agenda of international organizations. For policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa, however, food prices have been an issue of economic importance and political sensitivity for decades. Of...

This report presents principal findings of a rapid reconnaissance undertaken in December, 2009 as preparation for more detailed marketing studies to be undertaken in the context of PROMISAM II’s applied research program on promoting food security in Mali. The objective of the reconnaissance...

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Guinea

The 2005 – 2006 marketing campaign was difficult because of the drought that occurred in all countries in the region. As a result, the price of sorghum, millet, maize and rice soared. State actions to improve cereals supply through tax-exempt rice imports did not achieve the expected outcomes....

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Senegal

Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Mali.

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. West Africa synthesis report.