Study says EPAs do not protect African markets

Staff sieve milk delivered by farmers at a newly opened milk cooling plant in Uasin Gishu County. PHOTO FILE | NATION

Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African regional blocs limit the ability of the blocs to promote domestic production.

A new report urges African governments to mobilise alternative sources of revenue through other forms of taxation, as EPAs lead to loss of import duty-derived revenues. This has a knock-on effect as they affect the provision of public services, such as agricultural extension.