Spore special issue: Structured trading systems: A new vision for trade

One of the issues to emerge at CTA’s value chains conference, ‘Making the Connection’, held last November, was the importance of devoting greater efforts to promoting national and regional markets in ACP countries. Governments, development partners and even the private sector have been overly focuss...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: Magazine
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2013
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75268
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description One of the issues to emerge at CTA’s value chains conference, ‘Making the Connection’, held last November, was the importance of devoting greater efforts to promoting national and regional markets in ACP countries. Governments, development partners and even the private sector have been overly focussed on selling to developed country export markets, which are highlycompetitive and restrictive. Six of the world’s ten fastest growing economies over the last decade are in Africa and, as wealth has increased, food import bills have been skyrocketing. If farmers are to benefit from opportunities presented by the growing food demand from urban populations, marketing channels between rural areas and cities must be significantly improved.
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spelling CGSpace752682022-11-29T17:48:00Z Spore special issue: Structured trading systems: A new vision for trade Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation One of the issues to emerge at CTA’s value chains conference, ‘Making the Connection’, held last November, was the importance of devoting greater efforts to promoting national and regional markets in ACP countries. Governments, development partners and even the private sector have been overly focussed on selling to developed country export markets, which are highlycompetitive and restrictive. Six of the world’s ten fastest growing economies over the last decade are in Africa and, as wealth has increased, food import bills have been skyrocketing. If farmers are to benefit from opportunities presented by the growing food demand from urban populations, marketing channels between rural areas and cities must be significantly improved. 2013 2016-05-30T16:03:17Z 2016-05-30T16:03:17Z Magazine https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75268 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA. 2013. Structured trading systems: A new vision for trade. Spore Special Issue. Wageningen: CTA
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