USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
    World
    Home / World / Africa

    ECOWAS calls for free movement of agricultural products

    Xinhua | Updated: 2013-01-30 14:46

    ACCRA - Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should remove roadblocks that hamper the free movement of agricultural products in the subregion, a senior official said here Tuesday.

    Marc Atouga, ECOWAS commissioner for agriculture, environment and water resources, made the call on the sidelines of a three-day conference, aimed at identifying and finding solutions to challenges to intra-regional trade in foodstuff.

    Tariff and non-tariff barriers among ECOWAS member states have hindered the development of trade across the subregion, he told Xinhua.

    "We have too many roadblocks. If you take the road from Accra to Lome, you see at least 10 to 15 roadblocks: security here, customs there, phytosanitary measures there; are all these needed? Oh no," the commissioner said.

    Atouga believed that there was a need for the free movement of food products to alleviate food insecurity in areas that were suffering from food shortages.

    "If there is no free movement of agricultural products, then you cannot take food from areas that have good production to areas that are suffering from the lack of food. This is the reason why we think we have to talk about it, and find out how we go about solving this problem in West Africa," he said.

    Lack of communication, Atouga said, was another challenge causing the roadblocks to linger on in the subregion, adding that some measures had been taken but the people did not know about them.

    He therefore stressed the need to educate the people to keep abreast of various tax regimes, rules and protocols.

    The conference, organized by ECOWAS and the US Agency for International Development, is part of a joint campaign to improve food security in the subregion through intra-regional food trade.

    The event brought together more than 200 participants from civil society, public and private sectors, and technical partners of the subregional body.

    Most Viewed in 24 Hours
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    www.中文字幕| 精品欧洲av无码一区二区| 无码人妻丰满熟妇精品区| 亚洲中文字幕无码久久精品1| 国产午夜无码精品免费看 | 18无码粉嫩小泬无套在线观看| 中文字幕第3页| 中文字幕理伦午夜福利片| AV无码久久久久不卡蜜桃| 亚洲V无码一区二区三区四区观看 亚洲爆乳精品无码一区二区三区 亚洲爆乳无码一区二区三区 | 日韩国产精品无码一区二区三区| 中文字幕亚洲综合久久菠萝蜜| 日韩精品一区二区三区中文| 久久久久无码国产精品不卡| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| 亚洲爆乳精品无码一区二区三区 | 亚洲精品无码国产| 久久亚洲精品无码aⅴ大香| 中文精品久久久久国产网址| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 无码人妻精品一区二| 久久午夜无码鲁丝片午夜精品| 青青草无码免费一二三区| 久久久无码一区二区三区| 无码av免费网站| 熟妇无码乱子成人精品| 无码免费一区二区三区免费播放| 亚洲成AV人片在线观看无码| 亚洲va无码专区国产乱码| 亚洲熟妇无码乱子AV电影| 亚洲精品中文字幕无码蜜桃 | 日日麻批免费40分钟无码| 色综合久久无码中文字幕| 日木av无码专区亚洲av毛片| 精品国产a∨无码一区二区三区| 国产网红无码精品视频| 国产精品多人p群无码| 精选观看中文字幕高清无码| 亚洲精品无码久久久久AV麻豆| 亚洲欧美日韩、中文字幕不卡| 无码人妻少妇久久中文字幕蜜桃|