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Agricultural Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa -

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has promoted the integrated agriculture research for development (IAR4D) approach based on an innovation
systems framework.



Using small-scale adaptations to address food crisis in the Horn of Africa -

paper by Richard Munang and Johnson N. Nkem



Special Economic Zones for South Africa -

Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, discusses Special Economic Zones for South Africa.



A European Trade Paradigm for African Trade -

Paul Collier: Europe’s current troubles with the Euro should not detract from its success in liberating intra-regional trade: this is a model worth Africa emulating.



Africa: Continent Begins to Rise Above Aid -

11th January, Nairobi — An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth across much of Africa.



European Civil Society PDF Print E-mail

European NGOs can support actors in the south - and strengthen advocacy in the European Union by:

  • Pressuring EU Member States’ representations in a particular country to work more closely with the European Commission, the National Authorising Officers and Technical Ministries, and urging EC delegations to increase the political space for civil society actor involvement and make available sufficient financial assistance to facilitate this,
  • Forwarding to their partners in ACP countries background information on the programming of EC aid and in particular on the upcoming drafting process of Country and Region Strategy Papers for ACP countries that can be gathered at European level,
  • Collecting feedback emerging from their partners in ACP countries and disseminating it to other European civil society actors for compilation, analysis and ultimately delivery to the appropriate units/officials in the European Commission as well as to national governments and parliaments in EU Member States. Some of this information can be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .