All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme

Strategies for agricultural development
The “All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme” (www.euacpcommodities.eu) was launched in September 2007 as an initiative of the European Commission and the ACP Secretariat. Its roots can be traced to the EU Action Plan on Agricultural Commodities, Dependence and Poverty (COM (2004) 89), the EU-Africa Partnership on Cotton (COM (2004) 87) and a number of ACP initiatives linked to agricultural commodities identified during the Cotonou and Doha negotiations. As a result, this programme fully acknowledges the link between production, value addition and trade in agricultural commodities and poverty reduction.

It has a budget of 45 million euros of which a third is earmarked for the cotton sector.

The main objective of the programme, which ends in December 2011, is to reduce poverty while improving and stabilising the revenues and living conditions of agricultural commodity producers in ACP countries.

UNCTAD activities under the AAACP

11-13 Mai 2010, Azalaï Hôtel Salam, Bamako-Mali

Atelier sur le Financement de la Filière Gomme Arabique au Mali: Système de Récépissé d'Entreposage/Warrantage

Organizers: La Conférence des Nations Unies sur le Commerce et le Développement (CNUCED), Le Centre du Commerce International (CCI) et Le Gouvernement du Mali (Cadre Intégré)

Downloads:

Note Conceptuelle [PDF]

Programme 11 - 12 Mai [PDF]

Programme 13 Mai [PDF]

Presentations:

30 – 31 March 2010

Subregional Capacity-Building Workshop: Development of Agrifood Standards, VanuGAP and Pacific Organic Standards, and the launching of the Sustainability Claims Portal. Port Vila, Vanuatu

Downloads:

UNCTAD Launch of SCP [PDF]	Workshop Concept Note [PDF]
Report of SCP Launch [PDF]	Workshop Draft Agenda [PDF]

04 - 05 November 2009
Factoring/Receivable Discounting: A Financing Tool for Agriculture Sector Development - Organized by UNCTAD and the Caribbean Development Bank. Christ Church, Barbados

Downloads:

Workshop Concept Note [PDF]

Workshop Programme [PDF]

Workshop Report and Recommendations [PDF]

Presentations:

27 - 29 October 2009
Creation of a Commodity Exchange in Central Africa, based in Cameroon. Yaoundé, Cameroon

Downloads:

Workshop Concept Note [PDF]

Workshop Programme - English [PDF]

Workshop Programme - French [PDF]

Presentations:

30 September - 02 October 2009
Improving the Functioning of Commodity Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa through Warehouse Receipt Systems and Market-based Interventions. Lusaka, Zambia

Downloads:

Workshop Concept Note [PDF]

Workshop Programme [PDF]

Review of Warehouse Receipt System and Inventory Credit Initiatives in Eastern & Southern Africa, Mr. Jonathan Coulter [PDF]

Presentations:

Improving the functioning of Commodity Markets in East and Southern Africa through the Development of Modern Market Institutions - Johannesburg Stock Exchange [PDF]

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