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
21-22 November 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
10 - 11 November 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
20 - 21 October 2011, Nadi Fiji
17 - 19 August 2011, Nadi, Fiji
7 - 8 July 2011, St. George's, Grenada
24 - 25 May 2011, Dakar, Senegal
17 - 19 February 2011, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
9 - 11 December 2010, Accra, Ghana
5-6 October 2010, Kribi, Cameroon
28 - 29 Juillet 2010, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
11-13 Mai 2010, Bamako, Mali
30 – 31 March 2010, Port Vila, Vanuatu
04 - 05 November 2009, Christ Church, Barbados
27 - 29 October 2009, Yaoundé, Cameroon
30 September - 02 October 2009, Lusaka, Zambia
16-17th April 2008, Brussels, Belgium
(1) 21-22 November 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Commodity Exchanges as Instruments for Agrifood Production and Trade in East and Southern Africa
(2)10-11 November 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Regional Meeting on the Agrifood Standards and the Launching of the Sustainability Claims Portal
(3) 20 - 21 October 2011, Nadi, Fiji
Pacific Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Enhancing Access to Finance for the Agricultural Sector

Documents and Presentations:
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- Workshop Program
- Opening Remarks -Premanant Secretary for the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Mason Smith [PDF]
- Opening Remarks - Mr. Samuel Gayi, Head of the Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD [PDF]
- Opening Remarks - Mr. Inoke Ratukalou [PDF]
- All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme - Overview, Mr. Jean-Yves Hansart, Coordination Unit [PDF]
- Secured Transactions and Agricultural Credit, ADB [PDF]
- Increasing Access to Financial Services in Rural Areas – ADB’s Experience [PDF]
- Agricultural Finance in Tonga, Mr. Daniel Talasieux Hamala, Growers Federation of Tonga Inc. [PDF]
- Experience of the South Pacific Business Development (SPBD), Ms. Maros Parreno-Apostol, General Manager, SPBD Microfinance Samoa [PDF]
- ANZ Rural Banking and Microfinance in Fiji; Increasing Access to Finance in Rural Areas Lessons from Experience, Mr. Baro Saumaki, Head of Rural Banking & Microfinance [PDF]
- Using Innovative Collaterals to Improve Agricultural Credit – FDB Perspective, Mr. Deve Toganivalu, CEO, Fiji Development Bank [PDF]
- Fruit and Vegetables Committee, Mr. Papalii Grant Percival Chairman [PDF]
- Financing Constraints in the Agricultural Sector - The Fijian Perspective, Mr. Robert Horton Pacific Island Consulting [PDF]
- Importance of Agriculture Sector Development in PICs, Mr. Tim Martyn, Agribusiness Specialist, Secretariat of the Pacific Community [PDF]
- Financing Constraints in Agricultural Sector Development, Ms. Mereia Volavola, CEO, Pacific Islands Private Sector Organization (PIPSO) [PDF]
- Access to Finance for Small Business in Samoa - The Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC), Ms. Margaret Malua, CEO - SBEC Samoa [PDF]
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- Innovative Insurance Solutions to Support Sustainable Development: Examples from the Caribbean, Mr. Nick Grainger - Caribbean Risk Managers Limited [PDF]
- The Role of Contract Farming, Mr. Andrew W. Shepherd, CTA [PDF]
- Factoring The Fijian Model- A Value-chain and Market Linkage Review, Mr. Robert Horton, Pacific Island Consulting [PDF]
- Factoring / Receivables Discounting Ms.Frida Youssef, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems and Inventory Credit in the Agricultural Sector: Lessons from Africa, Mr. Gideon E. Onumah [PDF]
- Weather Risk for Agriculture, Mr. Neville Koop, Nadraki Weather [PDF]
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(2) 17 -19 August 2011, Nadi, Fiji
Workshop on the Establishment of a Sub-Regional Agricultural Market Information System
(3) 7 - 8 July 2011, St. George's, Grenada
Workshop on Enhancing Access to Finance for the Nutmeg Sector in Grenada


Workshop participants
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(4) 24 - 25 May 2011, Dakar, Senegal
Atelier sous-régional sur la labellisation des produits agricoles et lancement du Portail d'Information


Workshop participants
(5) 17 - 19 February 2011, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
CARICOM/UNCTAD/CARDI Workshop on the Establishment of a Regional Market Intelligence System & Development of a Sustainability Claims Portal for the Caribbean

(6) 9 - 11 December 2010, Accra, Ghana
Workshop on Enhancing the Functioning of Cereal Markets in West Africa

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- Statement of H.E Ms. Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana [PDF]
- Statement of H.E Mr. Claude Maerten, Head of the Delegation of the EU to Ghana [PDF]
- Lessons Learnt from the Creation of Abuja Securities and Commodity Exchange (ASCE), by Zaheera Baba-Ari, Group Head Management Services, ASCE, [PDF]
- Lessons Learnt from the Creation of Bourse Africa: the Role of Different Actors by Mr. Adam Goss, Director of Strategy, Bourse Africa [PDF]
- Experience in the Creation and Management of National Commodity Exchanges in West Africa: Case Studies of Nigeria and Ghana by Mr. Gideon E. Onumah [PDF]
- La FAO et le Warrantage au Niger (I) par Ake Olofsson FAO, Rome [PDF]
- La FAO et le Warrantage au Niger (II) par Harouna Mahamadou, Expert en Microfinance [PDF]
- Utilisation du warrantage et de la tierce détention pour faciliter l'accès au financement pour les producteurs et productrices agricoles de Faso Jigi/PACCEM, par Sissouma Abdoulaye, Secrétaire Exécutif Faso Jigi/PACCEM [PDF]
- Towards Establishing African Common Markets for Strategic Products to Address Longer-term Food Security Concerns: Situating the Issues within African Union Resolutions by Adama Ekberg, Chief Economist, UNECA/FSSDD/APSS [PDF]
- Supporting West Africa’s Cereal Markets by Mr. Jean-Martin Bauer, Market Specialist, WFP Dakar [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems: Legal Issues [PDF]
- Challenges and Solutions in the Development of the Grain Market in Zambia by By Brian Tembo – Executive Director, Zambia Agricultural Commodity Exchange [PDF]
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- Statement of Mr. Kwabena Baah-Duodu, Head of the Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD [PDF]
- Address of Mr. Eric Oseiowusu, CEO, National Food Buffer Stock [PDF]
- Alloction de Mr. Djibo Bagna, Président du Conseil d'Administration du ROPPA [PDF]
- Etude AFD/Gret: enseignements pour le
développement du warrantage, by Arlène Alpha, GRET [PDF]
- L’état des marchés des céréales en Afrique de l’Ouest by Mr. Moussa Cisse, Ccordonnateur Programme Régional d’Appui Accès aux Marchés, CILSS [PDF]
- Intervening in the Grain Value Chain for Quality Productivity and Profitability, Ghana Grains Council [PDF]
- Expériences de Récépissés d'entreposage et de Warrantage pour le Financement en Afrique de l'ouest by Matiéyédou Konlambigue [PDF]
- Experience de warrantege du PODV et de la CPC Togo, par N’Key Kwami Amona, Directeur d’INADES- Formation Togo [PDF]
- Uganda Commodity Exchange: Conditions for Sustainability by Ms. Valery Alia, Chief Warehouse Examiner [PDF]
- Going Beyond National Borders with PPP to Fast Track the Establishment of ACX by Adama Ekberg, UNECA/FSSDD/APSS [PDF]
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(7) 5-6 October 2010, Kribi, Cameroon
Atelier sur le financement de la commercialisation du cafe/cacao au Cameroun: Role du systeme de recepisse d'entreposage/credit warrantage

(8) 28 - 29 Juillet 2010, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Atelier de validation de l'etude de faisabilite sur la creation d'un fonds de garantie pour la filiere coton en Cote d'Ivoire.

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(9) 11-13 Mai 2010, 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)


(10) 30 – 31 March 2010, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Subregional Capacity-Building Workshop: Development of Agrifood Standards, VanuGAP and Pacific Organic Standards, and the launching of the Sustainability Claims Portal

(11) 04 - 05 November 2009, Christ Church, Barbados
Factoring/Receivable Discounting: A Financing Tool for Agriculture Sector Development - Organized by UNCTAD and the Caribbean Development Bank

(12) 27 - 29 October 2009, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Creation of a Commodity Exchange in Central Africa, based in Cameroon
(13) 30 September - 02 October 2009, Luzaka, Zambia
Improving the Functioning of Commodity Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa through Warehouse Receipt Systems and Market-based Interventions
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- ACE Global - Credit Support [PDF]
- Zambian Agricultural Commodity Exchange - A Case Study [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems and Water - Mr. Wainaina Kung'u, Export Trading Ltd, Nairobi [PDF]
- Purchase for Progress P4P - World Food Programme [PDF]
- Warehousing and Microfinance in Madagascar - Mr. Miguel Randriatsotsy, TIAVO [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt System, the Zambian Experience - Mr. Peter Cottan, National Milling Corporation Ltd [PDF]
- Transforming the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) into a Warehousing Services Provider in Kenya and the Region - Mr. Jimnah Mbaru, NCPB [PDF]
- Agricultural Trade Development in East and Southern Africa; Where does the development of Warehouse Receipt Systems/Exchanges fit? Mr. Thomas Barasa, COMESA [PDF]
- Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa - Dr. Angel Daka, ACTESA [PDF]
- Enhancing the Linkages between Warehouse Receipt Systems and Exchanges - Mr. Ian Goggin, ACE [PDF]
- Establishing an African Commodity Exchange; Lessons from the Indian Experience - Mr. Girish Raipuria, Bourse Africa [PDF]
- Enhancing the Linkages between Warehouse Receipt Systems and Exchanges, the Malawi Experience - Mr. Sydney Khando, MACE [PDF]
- 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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- The Case and Action for Regional Structured Trading Systems - EAGC, Equity Bank, Compete [PDF]
- Integrated Commodity Exchange: Electronic Depository Solutions - Mr. Brett Riley [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems in Tanzania - Mr. Nickson Kuserwa, Tanzania Warehouse Licensing Board [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems and Access to Financing, the Case of Tanzania - Prime Minister's Office, The United Republic of Tanzania [PDF]
- Electronic Warehouse Receipt System, the Ugandan Experience - Mr. Valery Alia, Uganda Commodity Exchange [PDF]
- Warehouse Receipt Systems and Inventory Credit Initiatives in East and Southern Africa - Mr. Jonathan Coulter, NRGroup UK [PDF]
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Warehouse Receipt Support - Ms. Anne Mbaabu, AGRA [PDF]
- Ethiopia Commodity Exchange - Mr. Ben Aschenaki, ECX [PDF]
- The Kenyan Agricultural Commodity Exchange Ltd; Linking Farmers to Markets - Mr. Adrian Mukhebi, KACE [PDF]
- Results of a Study Visit on Warehouse Receipt Systems, Tanzania and South Africa - Ms. Marie-Cecile Thirion, AFD [PDF]
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(14) 16-17th April 2008, Brussels, Belgium
AAACP SCP Stakeholders Consultation Meeting

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