Susan Bingi Trade and Regional Advisor at Global Mechanism, on CAADP

Published: June 28, 2013, 11:55 a.m.

b'Susan Bingi is Trade and Regional Advisor at Global Mechanism, a specialized body of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. In this interview with ECDPM\\u2019s Francesco Rampa, head of the Food Security programme, she speaks on a number of these themes, including:\\n\\n- Working with ECDPM on regional integration\\n- The implementation of activities and the framework of CAADP as an opportunity to strengthen links between trade and agriculture\\n- Regional integration process to help small holder farmers\\n- Private sector investment\\n- How the process is likely to bring concrete progress; feasibility of the value chain approach to integrate the private sector.\\n- The involvement of donors and assistance \\u2013 financial and co-assistance\\n- The role of emerging economies\\n- Is Uganda benefitting from being in the Eastern African regional community?'