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Organic farming in Africa has rich potential, but is increasingly underfunded

Organic farming in Africa has rich potential, but is increasingly underfunded

24 Aug 2016
Organic farming offers an excellent and lucrative export opportunity for Africa, but access to finance is harder to come by than five years ago, an UNCTAD survey has found.
Nutmeg revival helps Aceh, Indonesia, recover after years of conflict

Nutmeg revival helps Aceh, Indonesia, recover after years of conflict

23 Aug 2016
The revival of nutmeg farming has generated jobs and economic opportunity in the post-conflict Indonesian province of Aceh and is still helping to consolidate peace in the region as much as a decade after the end of the insurgency, says a new UNCTAD study, Sustaining Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Recovery Through BioTrade.
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First meeting of the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC), 30 September, Geneva

19 Aug 2016
The Acting Chairman of the 20th UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), Mr. Peter Major, invites the members of the WGEC to attend the first meeting of the Working Group of the Enhanced Cooperation, which will take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on 30 September 2016.
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Trade Directors and experts on trade policy formulation meet at UNCTAD 14

5 Aug 2016
In Nairobi, senior trade officials and experts shared their experience and lessons learnt in national trade policy formulation and implementation supported by UNCTAD's trade policy frameworks
UNCTAD welcomes discussion, transparency on commodities and misinvoicing

UNCTAD welcomes discussion, transparency on commodities and misinvoicing

2 Aug 2016
UNCTAD welcomes the comments on its commodities paper, which was published earlier this month.
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UNCTAD led UN Inter-Agency Cluster Multi-Donor Trust Fund: preparing for the launch

27 Jul 2016

​Pooled funding mechanisms such as the UN Inter-Agency Cluster Multi-Donor Trust Fund perceived as the way to go in the context of the Delivering as One.

Even as the West turns its back on the world, Africa must embrace free trade

Even as the West turns its back on the world, Africa must embrace free trade

27 Jul 2016
Written by
Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
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Training of Trainers Workshop of the French-speaking Port Management network in Nantes

25 Jul 2016

From 14 to 24 June 2016, 27 senior port managers (10 women) from 9 French-speaking port communities in Africa and the Caribbean successfully completed a Training of Trainers Workshop covering the first part of the course on Modern Port Management.

With enhanced knowledge on the functioning of modern ports, graduates now look forward to acting as local instructors of the UNCTAD/TrainForTrade course in their home port communities.
Video - UNCTAD 14 highlights benefits of multilateral trade, welcomes global leaders to Nairobi

Video - UNCTAD 14 highlights benefits of multilateral trade, welcomes global leaders to Nairobi

25 Jul 2016

Trade has a critical role to play in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) especially Goal 8 on sustainable growth, but immigration issues and xenophobia threaten to drown out the benefits of globalization, says UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi in this colorful video of the UNCTAD 14 conference.
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Launch of the largest global Non-Tariff Measures database: TRAINS

22 Jul 2016

​On the occasion of its fourteenth Ministerial Conference, UNCTAD launched the largest global database on Non-Tariff Measures during the Ministerial round table 'Lowering hurdles for Trade: Trade Costs, Regulatory Convergence and Regional Integration'.

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