Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Intraregional agrifood trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) offers untapped opportunities for expansion. Comparative advantages in food production as well as variation in consumption patterns create...

The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) analyzes continental and regional trends in African agricultural trade flows and policies, with a special focus on the East African Community...

Many developing countries use public stocks to provide free or subsidised grain to food-insecure households or to mitigate sharp increases in grain prices. However, the building of public...

Highlights The EU Aid for Trade Progress Report 2022 is the fifth report under the updated EU Aid for Trade strategy and illustrates the EU’s contribution to the global Aid...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, which entered into force at the beginning of 2021, aims to boost intra-African trade and to accelerate economic development on the continent...

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Overarching conclusions - Significant changes in agri-food imports have occurred between 2005 and 2018. These changes were driven by a...

The Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 12 to 17 June 2022. At MC12, Ministers adopted...

South-South Cooperation (SSC) is increasingly recognized as an effective instrument for catalyzing economic development by fostering the exchange of innovation and good practices, and expanding market opportunities across countries...

Highlights The global food and agricultural market has become more resilient, but many countries remain vulnerable to trade shocks and should diversify their import sources...

Global trade has shaped food systems over centuries, but modern trade agreements are hastening these changes and making them more complex, with implications...