The initiative could significantly reduce border delays that currently affect traders transporting agricultural products between member states.
By
James Anyanzwa
Business Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
Trade in agricultural commodities across East Africa could become faster, cheaper and more predictable following a unified move by the East African Community (EAC) to harmonise plant inspection procedures for some of the region’s most heavily traded crops.
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