To increase capacity of the East and Southern African Region to effectively design sub regional and national strategies that provide adequate solutions to trade related issues. To support Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia for evidence-based policy-making and enhanced cross-sectoral coordination in the design and implementation of agricultural trade policies, strategies and agreements.

Status of the project
CLOSED

• Organized e-learning courses on Trade Rules for Agriculture and the relationship between trade policy and food security and nutrition.
• Organized two public dialogues at the sub-regional level as a first step to create a network of relevant stakeholders.
• Analysed implications of identified issues at the national level to determine possible options for each country to address them.
• Organized national dialogues with government stakeholders, private sector, and nonstate actors to discuss the possible solutions to the common issue identified to be presented at the second sub-regional workshop.
• Assisted the ministries of agriculture and trade to develop project proposals and mobilize resources to support value chain/s of interest.

• FAO’s Multipartner Programme Support Mechanism Medium-term final report 2014–17
• FAO’s Smarter investments Up-scaled development
• Trade related capacity development for food security and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Capacity development for food security and nutrition in East and Southern Africa