Markets and trade
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27 July 2017, Lusaka, Zambia
As part of the FMM project Trade related capacity development in Eastern and Southern Africa, FAO, in collaboration with EIF and ECDPM, has engaged in an assessment of the agriculture and trade priorities, overarching policy frameworks, and their underlying policymaking processes, in Zambia. The overall aim of the assessment was to contribute to the development of a coherent national policy framework on agricultural trade in order to better align sectoral policy interventions and promote strategic use of public and private resources. The workshop was organized to validate the findings of the analytical report, agree on priority areas for sectoral coordination, and identifying actionable next steps for addressing the priority areas. The workshop was attended by thirty participants representing a broad range of stakeholders, including Ministries of Agriculture; Commerce, Trade and Industry; Finance, National Development Planning, and a number of related government agencies, private sector associations, research institutions, and donor representatives. Participants pointed to the need to focus on policy implementation rather than policy formulation processes alone. In this regard, the following key recommendations were endorsed: |
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