ECA convenes West African businesses to unlock rice value chains

The Market Access Activation initiative seeks to leverage the WABLP network to create structured opportunities within the rice value chain and strengthen intra-regional trade and market access for BSOs and SMEs across West Africa.6, GNA – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for West Africa (ECA/SRO-WA), has brought together Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across West Africa for a two-day Rice Value Chain Activation Programme.

By connecting enterprises across borders and facilitating practical market opportunities, the initiative seeks, over the medium to long term, to reduce West Africa’s dependence on external sources of rice, strengthen intra-regional trade and enhance the resilience of regional food systems.