Aware of the premium on value-added exports, the government of Burkina Faso between 2014 and 2018 partnered with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to improve the drying and certification process of dried mangos for export. The project has been key to slowly but firmly pushing the country towards modernizing its agro-processing businesses – and juicing up its exports.

In 2015, Togo produced less than 25,000 tons of soybeans. Since then, production increased five-fold to more than 200,000 tons in 2021. How did this happen?

The impact of the war in Ukraine on food and fuel prices will weaken economies already battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate-related disasters.

Supporting farmers and agricultural cooperatives in a post-conflict context is not what funders of international aid often consider a safe bet. But turning swords into ploughs can pave a sustainable path out of conflict for communities, as results from a project supported by the Enhanced Integrated Framework in four districts of the country show.

Originally published by the OECD on 4th March.

Getting organic certification for shea can be a journey

Originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 03:30 GMT

Originally published by International Trade Centre on 3rd February 2021

The quiet outside the nondescript warehouse belies what is happening inside. Machines whir, and halls and walls are piled high with filled sacks of sesame, of chickpeas, of mung beans.

Guinea trying out south-south cooperation venture with Tunisia Trade in Guinea today centres mostly around the export of gold and bauxite, which is used to create aluminum. The country has the world’s largest deposits of the red rock, and aluminum prices are increasing.

A fresh style of training for agriculturalists addresses topics from creativity to financial literacy

Trainings in beekeeping and the provision of hives aims to create additional income sources for agriculturalists Beekeeping doesn’t come naturally, really. 

For smallholder farmers and processors in LDCs, cotton by-products could provide additional income as they adjust to COVID-19 and other exogenous factors impacting world lint prices

Rice plays a strategic role in food security in West Africa, but the region increasingly relies on imports, and local value chains face constraints in terms of technology, finance and coordination. 

The government of Uganda put containment measures in place to tackle COVID-19. These included quarantines; bans on public gatherings and weekly markets; closures of schools, borders and nonessential retail outlets; and the suspension of international flights.

COVID-19 is highlighting the interconnectedness of agri-food trade; and work needs to be done to mobilise action to build safe food systems

For a new business owner, one international trade fair got things rolling

Food products comprise around 17% of LDC merchandise imports – more than double the world average of 8%.

OECD’s Seed Schemes are working to protect food systems globally, with important benefits for least developed countries

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses the challenges and opportunities for food security in least developed countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding new buyers and tapping new markets, harnessing agriculture’s potential

Information access via tech could increase yields and incomes for cotton farmers in Africa

SDG 2 commits governments to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, with five specific targets setting the level and ambition of this goal.

To get international buyers, Malawi businesses tackling marketing and certifications

Agriculture 4.0, fuelled by innovation and technology, is driving more productive, efficient and sustainable food systems.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses agriculture-based economies and how the current US-China trade situation is affecting the world’s poor

New report delves into the trade data on agriculture on the continent, finding positive trends, points of concern and suggestions for the future

Investment mobilization and technology transfers could increase incomes, and enable value addition

The tiny West African country The Gambia is striving to export its crops globally.

Cooperative endeavor to enhance exports yields solid solutions

Government plus grassroots combo laying foundations for MSME success

Making more and better ginger crops means more income

New buyers means employment opportunities and much much more

Skills strategies can provide a bridging mechanism to enable disadvantaged groups such as youth and women to gain from international trade.

Conquering a nut pollutant means lives and livelihoods saved in the process

Bhutan’s potato ‘stock market’ goes online

Country is diversifying into soy, and farmers are seeing profits

LUANG PRABANG – 11 MARCH 2019 – Lao PDR’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have officially launched a new effort to increase the country’s exports and support investments in business development.

Implementation is everything in aligning trade and agriculture in LDCs in Africa

Increasing agricultural proceeds, processing and marketing are critical in Malawi’s development plans

Strategic alliances and alignments are key to making trade in agriculture work, for all

A multimedia collection from the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

In some of the most impoverished countries in the world, agriculture is the backbone of the economy

In The Gambia, family-owned cashew processors are primed for expansion

Island nation focusing on its unique, specialty plant life to kick start economic growth

Malawians are forging new markets for their agricultural exports, within and without Africa

The country is striving to enhance agro-processing, secure new markets and increase exports

When agriculture and trade align, change happens for incomes and economies

With cashew prices surging and armed with solid trade policy, the country is looking to boost its farmers and processors

In Comoros, an essential oils doyenne has plans for her country’s unique yields

In a country with a majority of the population cultivating small plots of land, empowering smallholder farmers is the key to economic success

A new book on sanitary and phytosanitary gaps from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) highlights ways to support farmers, processors, traders and governments in developing countries to access global markets

Additional land to sow, targeted trainings, and market security mean higher incomes for smallholders

(MASERU/GENEVA) March 9, 2018 – The Kingdom of Lesotho is continuing to invest in agro-processing for its farmers: A brand new horticultural market centre will allow them to better preserve their fruits and vegetables and receive prompt payments for their products.

Just-launched facility offers state-of-the-art services, and promises to boost business

Burkina Faso's cashew sector has been re-made, as a matter of national priority.

Two dozen Beninese women making a unique type of garri flour sign up to a new code of practice to better market their product and boost incomes

Project strengthens value chains of vanilla, clove and ylang ylang in the Union of the Comoros Originally posted at ITC News

Aminata Dominique Diouf was seven years old when her father bought a small farm 15 minutes from the Senegal-Gambia border.

Chandra and her 25 colleagues from her women's association take a break from the day's farming business to hold a meeting on their ginger business prospects and the stiff market competition they face with India's value-added ginger.