Mapping agricultural trade within the ECOWAS : structure and flow of agricultural products, barriers to trade, financing gaps and policy options. A research project in cooperation with GIZ on behalf of BMZ

dc.contributor.authorKareem, Olayinka Idowude
dc.contributor.authorWieck, Christinede
dc.contributor.otherEjima, Josephde
dc.contributor.otherMahe, Rukayyade
dc.contributor.otherAlaba, Darede
dc.contributor.otherTraoré, Sékou Amadoude
dc.contributor.otherFynn, Mark Kofide
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T09:01:48Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T09:01:48Z
dc.date.created2022-01-18
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis study reviews the structure and flow of formal and informal agri-food trade within ECOWAS and evaluate the trade barriers, financial and quality infrastructure gaps. A mixed-method approach – qualitative and quantitative methods – is adopted which comprises an extensive literature review, analysis of available statistical data on formal and informal trade and trade barriers, a field survey, expert interviews and workshops. The intra-ECOWAS agri-food trade is still at the low level with most of the traded agri-food commodities largely without value addition and characterised by inadequate diversification of the export base. A preponderance of informal agri-food trade along both the formal and informal trade corridors are detected. Livestock, oilseeds, cottonseed, nuts, cocoa beans, cereal, cassava, fisheries, fruits and vegetables were the most traded agri-food commodities, which were not given any concession of passage or facilitated across the borders despite the perishability of the commodities. Agri-food trade flows in the ECOWAS are largely hampered by the heterogeneous trade policy measures across the Member states. This is often a barrier to trade and tend to increase trade costs and commodities prices, thereby constraining the regional trade benefits to the people while also making the trading countries uncompetitive. Women agri-food traders were often exploited and harassed by the different borders’ officials. More so, the low intra-ECOWAS trade in agricultural and food products is due to the low production capacities, which among others are due to the inadequate finance, poor quality infrastructure – soft (trained inspectors, customs procedures digitalisation, certification, etc) and hard (metrology facilities, roads, ports’ facilities, testing and inspection laboratories, etc.). Agricultural trade finance has been identified as one of the key challenges inhibiting trade in agricultural commodities in this subregion. Strategic policy options to promote agri-food trade within ECOWAS are provided.en
dc.identifier.swb1786360578
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6686
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-19876
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAgricultural economics working paper series (Hohenheimer agrarökonomische Arbeitsberichte); 32,eng
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dc.subjectQuality standarden
dc.subjectQuality infrastructureen
dc.subjectECOWASen
dc.subjectIntra-african agri-food tradeen
dc.subjectTrade corridorsen
dc.subjectHeterogeneous trade policy measuresen
dc.subjectTrade costsen
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.subject.gndEconomic Community of West African Statesde
dc.subject.gndLebensmittelhandelde
dc.subject.gndHandelspolitikde
dc.titleMapping agricultural trade within the ECOWAS : structure and flow of agricultural products, barriers to trade, financing gaps and policy options. A research project in cooperation with GIZ on behalf of BMZde
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlaceUniversität Hohenheimde
local.export.bibtex@techreport{Kareem2021, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6686}, author = {Kareem, Olayinka Idowu and Wieck, Christine}, title = {Mapping agricultural trade within the ECOWAS : structure and flow of agricultural products, barriers to trade, financing gaps and policy options. A research project in cooperation with GIZ on behalf of BMZ}, year = {2021}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Agricultural economics working paper series (Hohenheimer agrarökonomische Arbeitsberichte)}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorKareem, Olayinka Idowu and Wieck, Christine
local.export.bibtexKeyKareem2021
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local.faculty.number2de
local.institute.number420de
local.opus.number1987
local.series.issueNumber32,eng
local.series.titleAgricultural economics working paper series (Hohenheimer agrarökonomische Arbeitsberichte)
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Agricultural Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Agrarwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Marketsen
local.university.instituteInstitut für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaftliche Marktlehrede

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