Welcome to www.ratescenter.org. This web site is designed to provide you with an overview of the Regional Agriculture Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, originally a 5-year program funded by USAID’s regional office (USAID East Africa) based in Nairobi. Although scheduled to end in September 07, RATES has been extended for an additional 12 months carrying the program through September 2008.  During this extension period, RATES will consolidate the successes achieved over the last five years and better position the mission as it moves forward with its new programs in FY 09. The RATES program is designed to increase value of agricultural trade within the East and Southern Africa region and between the region and the rest of the world. RATES focuses on developing commodity-specific regional trade initiatives through innovative private sector/public sector alliances and partnerships and works primarily through regional trade flow leaders such as regional trade associations, national-level trade organizations, private companies and individual entrepreneurs. RATES is currently supporting activities in specialty coffee, maize and pulses, cotton/textiles, and dairy sectors.

Find out more about this exciting program...

Coffee: EAFCA Soaring to Financial Sustainability

Coffee: Addis Exhibition a Great Success

Coffee: EAFCA Holds Record Breaking Annual Conference

Coffee: Starbucks to Double African Coffee Purchases

Coffee: First Outcry Coffee Auction Held

Coffee: RATES Partners Funds Assist DRC Small Holder Coffee Farmers

Maize: 2nd Annual Grain Trade Summit Held

Cotton: Tanzanian Cotton Sector Visit South Africa

Policy: COMESA and EAC Launch Dairy and Maize Harmonization Initiative

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