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    Trade competitiveness among COMESA countries in agricultural commodity exports

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    Guthiga, Paul M.
    Ogada, Maurice
    Karugia, Joseph T.
    Ongudi, Silas
    Mugweru, Lydiah
    Date
    2019-10
    Language
    en
    Type
    Working Paper
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    Guthiga, P., Ogada, M., Karugia, J., Ongudi, S. and Mugweru, L. 2019. Trade competitiveness among comesa countries in agricultural commodity exports. ReSAKSS Working Paper 41. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105664
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    Abstract/Description
    This paper uses trade data from the COMESA statistical database covering 19 countries covering the period 1997 to 2013 to analyze the trade competitiveness of selected agricultural commodities traded among COMESA member states using the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) methodology. The computed RCA indices showed that countries in the COMESA region had fluctuating advantages in trade in different food staples over the years. The highest positive RCA indices include; bovine meat and cassava (Kenya and Uganda), live bovine animals (Kenya), maize grain (Uganda), tomatoes (Ethiopia, Madagascar), fish (Eritrea), cassava (Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda) wheat flour (Zambia), Onions (Madagascar) and dry legumes and pulses (Malawi). The results of the study can inform policy discussions on how integration through specialization and trade envisaged in the COMESA Treaty can be realized. The fluctuating RCA indices from year to year reflect weather- dependent agricultural production systems. This means that individual countries’ competitiveness fluctuates year to year depending on weather. To address the observed fluctuation in RCA indices countries should invest in production systems that are less weather-dependent, such as irrigated agriculture. Countries also need to promote drought-resistant and drought-tolerant crop varieties and early warning systems.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    Paul Guthigahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1090-1825
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Policies, Institutions and Markets
    AGROVOC Keywords
    trade; agriculture; markets
    Subjects
    AGRICULTURE; CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; LIVELIHOODS; LIVESTOCK; POLICY; RESEARCH; TRADE;
    Regions
    Africa; Eastern Africa; Southern Africa
    Investors/sponsors
    United States Agency for International Development; Department for International Development, United Kingdom; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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    • ILRI external books and reports [294]
    • ILRI policies, institutions and livelihoods program outputs [372]
    • ReSAKSS-ECA [47]

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