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Regional integration and agricultural trade development in Rwanda: the case of staple foods sector
Musabanganji, Edouard; Karangwa, Antoine; Azadi, Hossein et al.
2016In Poljoprivreda i Sumarstvo, 62 (2), p. 153-162
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Keywords :
Regional integration; Agriculture; Trade; Rwanda; Staple food
Abstract :
[en] This paper investigated the impact of regional integration on the agricultural trade development. Using a literature review, the study showed that the results of common agricultural initiatives aiming at agriculture sector and agricultural trade development have not been convincing due to lack of appropriate mechanisms and institutional actions to operationalize regional agricultural policy and strategy at the national level. The paper also revealed that Rwanda benefited from its accession to EAC, especially in terms of the ease of access to regional markets through the establishment of the Common Market, the Customs Union and the alleviation of some of regional trade barriers for basic foodstuffs and consumer goods. This led to an increased value of its agricultural products exports to neighboring countries. The analysis of the Net Export Index and the Grubel-Lloyd measure for maize, potato and bean revealed that Rwanda is a net importer of maize and a net exporter of potato and bean. For these two staple foods, the results revealed that if Rwanda manages, through policy and institutional actions, to remove or alleviate the bottlenecks that prevent farmers from producing enough for export, it can have a competitive advantage on neighboring countries' markets whose access has been facilitated by its accession to the EAC.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Musabanganji, Edouard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Form. doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Karangwa, Antoine
Azadi, Hossein  ;  Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Economie et développement rural
Lebailly, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Economie et développement rural
Language :
English
Title :
Regional integration and agricultural trade development in Rwanda: the case of staple foods sector
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Poljoprivreda i Sumarstvo
ISSN :
0554-5579
eISSN :
1800-9492
Publisher :
Biotehnički institut, Podgorica, Montenegro
Volume :
62
Issue :
2
Pages :
153-162
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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