Dr Noncedo Vutula

Dr Noncedo Vutula has experience as a senior government official in South Africa on agriculture, rural economic transformation, trade and international relations. She is a Chief Research Officer at the Nelson Mandela School where she leads regional integration and industrialisation efforts of the AfCFTA research stream, agriculture and agro-processing, climate change and sustainable development. She keeps a vibrant publishing profile on agriculture, food security, regional integration and the global trade issues.

Research Interests: Agriculture and Agro-processing; Africa’s regional integration and industrialisation; the AfCFTA negotiations; Food Security and Climate Change; Trade and Gender.

 Journal Articles

• Women in Services Trade: An overview of female participation and ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2022
• 'The Scope and Functionality of the National Innovation Competition as an Instrument to promote Academic Entrepreneurship in South Africa'.

 Working Papers

• 'Perspectives on the Current WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Export Restrictions'. Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, 
• WTO Farm Talks on Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes: Consequences of the missed deadlines for a Permanent Solution. TRALAC Working Paper.

 Policy Briefs

• The Russia-Ukraine war has triggered the use of export restrictions on essential food supplies by some WTO members prompting food insecurity and rising food prices

 Op-eds

• SA takes on EU in dispute over stringent new regulations on exporting oranges.
• The WTO Ministerial Conference MC12: A WTO response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• No business-as-usual talk needed at trade ministers’ meeting.
• The road to Sharm el-Sheikh: UCT lays the groundwork for COP27
• 'Russia-Ukraine crisis highlights Africa’s need to diversify its wheat sources'
• The WTO is getting ready for the 12th Ministerial Conference