By 2018, several assessment reports (see Table 1) indicated that regional integration, in general, had been slow due to country disparities in the levels of development, inconsistent and conflicting regulations and standards, as well as infrastructure and connectivity problems at the border and behind the border that add to the cost of doing business in Africa. [...] The overall aim of the study is to conduct regional reviews of trade in agricultural inputs and commodities to improve the implementation of existing trade policies to support cross-border trade in Africa. [...] The frameworks allowed multi-stakeholder planning and action (MPA), through the review of a wide range of policies (trade, agriculture, health, education, communication, transport, environment, science, technology and innovation and employment) and suggest practices based on best practices to improve the implementation of existing trade policies to sup- port inter- and intra-regional trade in Afri. [...] • Government in all member states used in this assessment (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Rwan- da and Zimbabwe) are using agencies and authorities in charge of ports and harbours to provide sanitary and phytosanitary measures as well as other mechanical, biological, and chemical safety policies, rules, and regulations. [...] • Cross-cutting issues: Member states should create, annually, the enabling environment for public-private-partnerships for investments in trade infrastructure and capacity im- provement; all practitioners in the trade system should be sensitised about environ- mental resilience, and the need for minimising the use of soil improvement and plant protection technologies, packaging materials and dist.
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