[African states including the East African Community (EAC) member states have been urged to dismantle trade barriers in a move that would enable them to generate an extra $20bn earnings per annum. A new World Bank report says that Africa’s farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food crises if countries remove cross-border restrictions on the food trade within the region. “The continent would also generate an extra $20bn in yearly earnings if African leaders can agree to dismantle trade barriers that blunt more regional dynamism,” the report said .]

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