Food security in the African Continental Free Trade Area legal framework

This chapter reviews the provisions in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on non-tariff barriers. The first part of the chapter highlights where the AfCFTA Agreement, protocols and annexes explicitly refer to food security and agriculture and what these provisions entail. Comparisons are made with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, which is discussed in Chapter 9. The second part of the chapter turns the spotlight on NTB provisions in the AfCFTA legal instruments. Finally, in line with an underlying theme of this book that considers the intersection between trade, food security and climate, the third part of the chapter considers environmental provisions in the AfCFTA legal framework.