ACTESA will this July, 2014 hold an Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Parliamentary Policy Seminar on Import and Export Bans, The Meeting is scheduled for 1st-3rd July 2014, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia. Planning for this event is being coordinated by ACTESA in partnership with the Host Country Steering Committee which includes WFP, FAO, IFAD, UNECA, ESAANET, FEWSNET-Zambia, GTAZ, IAPRI and the NEPAD Business Foundation among others.  

The meeting will bring together representatives from the Parliamentary Select Committees on Agriculture from twelve COMESA member States, Permanent Secretaries from respective Ministries of Agriculture, development partners, and representatives from policy think-tanks as well as private sector for an open roundtable meeting that will review the regional food security situation in the context of agricultural and food trade policy. Specifically the forum will focus on reviewing the impact of import/export bans on food security and thereafter make appropriate recommendations.

Look out for more updates including the Concept Note