Leveraging competition policy to end hunger
- Sep 30, 2025
- 1 min read
CCRED and the Shamba Centre published a T20 policy brief ahead of the G20 summit in South Africa held in November 2025.
The policy brief shows that the extreme levels of concentration in agricultural and food markets across Africa are driving up food insecurity and poverty and harming small producers, informal enterprises, and vulnerable consumers. Aligned with the work of the G20 Taskforce 4 sub-theme on food security, it makes the case for strengthening competition institutions through technical and legal capacity building, effective regional cooperation, and increased investment in data, research, and analysis.
Achieving SDG 1 and SDG 2 requires the removal of barriers that prevent markets from functioning properly. Strong competition institutions are an important first step toward unravelling entrenched market concentration and making sure that the rules of the market are fair for everyone.
