Regional assessment of agricultural production, climate change, agricultural trade and food security inception workshop report

Abstract

The linkage between climate change, trade and food security is important in achieving development at both national and regional level in cases where neighboring countries have a strong integration framework as is the case with the East Africa Community (EAC).The objectives of the study includes to; Establish the regional and national agricultural and trade policies within EAC region.;Establish the agricultural commodities trade patter ns at the regional and national level within the EAC;Establish the impact climate change on agricultural commodity trade patterns and food security with in EAC using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) and micro simulation models; Provide policy recommendations.