Description
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, which entered into force at the beginning of 2021, aims to boost intra-African trade and to accelerate economic development on the continent. This report complements previous continental economy-wide assessments of the impacts of the AfCFTA by providing a more comprehensive description of the trade agreement’s effects on food systems and food security. The report employs a global, multiregional model to determine the trade creation and diversion effects of four liberalisation scenarios defined by various policy objectives. The main findings show that the trade agreement will be a positive contributor both to economic growth through higher value added production and to trade diversification. Food consumption across the continent will also increase. A coordinated liberalisation approach to promote trade in agri-food products will further boost food security outcomes. Nevertheless, food prices will increase slightly in most regions, showing the need for further consideration of food affordability aspects in lower-income groups. Results also highlight the importance of non-tariff measures and the capacity of the AfCFTA to reduce the non-tariff costs of intra-African trade.
Contact
Contributors
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- Antti Simola
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0000-0002-0829-5232
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- Ole Boysen
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- Emanuele Ferrari
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0000-0003-0031-7190
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- Victor Nechifor
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0000-0001-8034-4070
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- Pierre Boulanger
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0000-0003-1793-6203
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- Saulius Tamošiūnas
How to cite
Simola, Antti; Boysen, Ole; Ferrari, Emanuele; Nechifor, Victor; Boulanger, Pierre; Tamošiūnas, Saulius (2021): Potential effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on African agri-food sectors and food security. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5a02d79f-98d9-4aa6-82f4-cd355fd352eb
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Temporal coverage
From date | To date |
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2020-01-01 | 2035-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-11-25
- Modified date
- 2022-12-10
- Issued date
- 2021-11-23
- Landing page
- https://datam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/datam/area/PANAP
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Economy and finance
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/5a02d79f-98d9-4aa6-82f4-cd355fd352eb
- Popularity
- 10 Mar 2023: 1 visits