ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL LEVEL OF FOOD TRADE IN THE ECOWAS REGION | Journal of Economics and...

The study looked at the ECOWAS region's potential for food trade. The information used in the study was secondary in nature. The data, which came from the FAOSTAT statistical database of the Food and Agricultural Organization, covered a 43 year period between 1970 and 2012. According to the report, food exports from all member countries accounted for 5.0 percent of ECOWAS intra-regional trade between 1970 and 2012. According to the report, all of the region's countries have yet to fully realise their capacity in the trade of food commodities within the region. Policy reforms to encourage intra-regional food trade, such as the establishment of a regional food market, were suggested. New bilateral trade agreements should be encouraged in all ECOWAS member states, as should the strengthening of existing ones.

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