Trade competitiveness among COMESA countries in agricultural commodity exports

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationTaita Taveta Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierPaul Guthiga: 0000-0003-1090-1825en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Africa Regionen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.resakss.org/node/6749en_US
cg.number41en_US
cg.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriCONSUMPTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
cg.subject.ilriTRADEen_US
dc.contributor.authorGuthiga, Paul M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOgada, Maurice Jumaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKarugia, Joseph T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOngudi, Silasen_US
dc.contributor.authorMugweru, Lydiahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T16:41:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-11-06T16:41:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/105664en_US
dc.titleTrade competitiveness among COMESA countries in agricultural commodity exportsen_US
dcterms.abstractThis 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.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGuthiga, 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, DC: IFPRI. https://www.resakss.org/node/6749en_US
dcterms.extent21 pagesen_US
dcterms.isPartOfReSAKSS Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2019-10-30en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133571en_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productsen_US
dcterms.subjectcompetitivenessen_US
dcterms.subjectcaadpen_US
dcterms.subjecttradeen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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