The 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) and its significance for food security in Africa

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The 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) and its significance for food security in Africa

FSN Forum in Africa - Summary of the Online Discussion No. 12 from 25.10.2017 to 17.12.2017

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) This document summarizes the online discussion “The 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) and its significance for food security in Africa”, held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (FSN Forum Africa) from 20 November to 8 December 2017. African governments have committed to boosting intra-African trade in agricultural commodities and services. Trade has been recognized as one of the means for achieving the SDGs, especially SDG2. However, cross-border trade is also implicated in exposing vulnerable small-scale actors to greater competition and undermining food availability and food access in low-income countries under certain conditions.

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