Driving Africa’s food trade in a changing climate

Abstract

The Economic Commission for Africa’s African Climate Policy Center, in collaboration with partners including the African Trade Policy Center, is examining the interactions between climate change, agricultural trade and food security across Africa. A study is planned that will evaluate the performance of major staple crops in the light of the changing climate and explore how changes triggered by climate change can drive agricultural commodities along Africa’s regional trade corridors. By assessing prospects for harnessing opportunities for food production under climate change, the study will support growing political will and determination among African leaders to open up new trading blocks and trade corridors between countries.