COMESA

Check out all the recent developments in COMESA (The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa). Our news includes coverage of major events and activities, details of CARD projects and programmes, and CARD engagement with its stakeholders.

Progress Monitoring

Monitoring of NRDS progress in COMESA

Paddy Production
Metric ton
2030 Target 22,116,410
Current (2022) 13,716,977
Phase 2 Baseline 9,347,942
Phase 1 Baseline 11,320,489
Area
Ha
2030 Target 5,734,323
Current (2022) 4,698,801
Phase 2 Baseline 3,638,061
Phase 1 Baseline 2,660,830
Yield
Metric ton/ha
2030 Target 3.86
Current (2022) 2.92
Phase 2 Baseline 2.57
Phase 1 Baseline 4.25
Self-sufficiency
Metric ton
Import 5,374,000
Export 107,000
Consumption 10,293,000
Cons/capita (kg) 17.8

  • Baseline 2008

  • Current Situation

  • Increase During Phase 1

  • Target Increase During Phase 2

RICE Approach

Category Code Indicator
Resilience (R)R1Area under irrigation (Ha)
R2Quantity of certified resilient variety seeds (Tons)
Industrialisation (I)I1Level of Industrial Milling Capacity (%)
I2Level of mechanization in production (unit)
Competitiveness (C)C1Share of local rice in the market (%)
C2Quantity of high-yielding variety seeds (Tons)
Empowerment (E)E1Smallholder farmers' accessibility to financial services (%)
E2Smallholder farmers accessibility to technical training and services (%)

Resilience Making rice production and supply systems more stable and sustainable to cope with any kind of shocks, in particular climate change and the population increase
Industrialization Promoting industrialization in all categories of actors along the rice value chain through working with the private sector
Competitiveness Strengthening market competitiveness of locally produced rice in terms of accessibility, quality and price against imported rice
Empowerment Improving livelihood and welfare of all actors along the rice value chain through capacity building

Statistical Graphs

Activities in COMESA

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Projects

ZM-P2

Enhanced-Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion…

UG-P5

Green Super Rice project

UG-P7

Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD Plus)

ET-P2

Participatory Small Scale Irrigation Development…

ET-P3

Ethiopians Motivating Enterprises to Rise in Trade…

ET-P1

Project for Functional Enhancement of the National…

SD-P1

National Rice Project

CM-P2

Etude sur la volonté de payer pour le riz local…

BI-P5

Programme National pour la Sécurité Alimentaire…

MG-P2

Composante PROJET D’EXTENSION DU PERIMETRE…

RW-P2

Smallholder Market-oriented Agriculture Project…

BI-P4

Muyaga AP Integrated Food and Nutrition Security…

Mapping of Rice-related Interventions Matrix

SIEM BY PROJECT SIEM BY DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
Policy/Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource
Capacity		 Provision of Equipments
and services		 Knowledge/Research
Seed 12 8 18 12 17
Fertilizer 3 1 3 4 4
Irrigation/water management 5 14 18 16 5
On-farm technology transfer 8 9 29 23 14
Mechanization 4 5 9 5 6
Quality Improvement 4 11 16 12 6
Access to market 8 10 23 19 9
Access to credit 1 3 11 8 1
Overall policy tools 8 1 4 4 1

COMESA

CARD

  • Focal Point Contact
  • Mr. Joel Hudson Okwir
  • Agricultural Economist
  • The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Email: Jokwir@comesa.int