T𝐡e J𝐢n𝐣a D𝐞c𝐥a𝐫a𝐭i𝐨n o𝐧 𝐀d𝐯a𝐧c𝐢n𝐠 𝐂r𝐨s𝐬-𝐁o𝐫d𝐞r T𝐫a𝐝e f𝐨r A𝐠r𝐨e𝐜o𝐥o𝐠i𝐜a𝐥 𝐏r𝐨d𝐮c𝐞 (A𝐄P) 𝐢n t𝐡e E𝐚s𝐭 𝐀f𝐫i𝐜a𝐧 𝐂o𝐦m𝐮n𝐢t𝐲 (E𝐀C)
Adopted in Jinja, Uganda — 30 October 2025
Participants at the Regional Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Advancing Agroecological Produce Cross-Border Trade in the East African Community (EAC), representing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, gathered in #Jinja, Uganda, in a spirit of unity, purpose, and solidarity and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening regional integration through just, inclusive, and sustainable food and trade systems.
They recognized the urgency of transforming food systems to respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality and issued the Jinja declaration to advance agroecological trade as a pathway toward sovereignty, justice, and ecological resilience in the EAC.
The declaration affirms that Africa’s resilience and #foodsovereignty are rooted in the heritage of its people, seeds, and soils and that agroecological trade honors this heritage by centering farmers, women, youth, and indigenous communities in regional economies.
The declaration calls upon the EAC, partner states, civil society, and regional economic actors to eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers, establish dedicated market spaces and trade facilitation infrastructure, scale up Participatory Guarantee Systems, invest in cold storage, logistics, and public infrastructure, support mutual recognition of Sanitary and Phytosanitary standards and integrate agroecology into EAC trade, climate, and agricultural policy frameworks including a regional Agroecology policy.
🔗 To read the full declaration, click here
https://afsafrica.org/the-jinja-declaration-on-advancing-cross-border-trade-for-agroecological-produce/