The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) has lauded COMESA for eliminating the barriers to regional trade and putting measures in place for linking farmers to markets.
This was said during the recent signing of the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact which was signed on 14th November 2014 in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo. EAGC was at the meeting as a key signatory to the regional CAADP Compact, as a private sector representative.
Introduction: A structured trading system is where the parties involved engage in a formal, organized, rules based and regulated system providing an opportunity for securing finance at various stages in the value chain. An example of a structured trading system is the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) which coverts grains stored in a certified warehouse as … Read more
Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is a regional private sector membership organization representing stakeholders in the grain value chain in Eastern and Southern Africa. The mandate of EAGC is to develop, promote, and influence structured grain trading system in the Eastern Africa region including Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zambia, Malawi and … Read more