• February 2012: MAFAP activities started in Ghana – including gathering data for price analysis.
  
  
• November 2012:
  - Workshop to present the preliminary results of the analyses of price incentives and disincentives.
  - Capacity building session on the MAFAP methodology for public expenditure analysis.
  
  
• April 2013: Capacity building workshop on the MAFAP methodology for analysing price incentives.
  
  
• Expected outcome: stakeholders use and apply the MAFAP methodology for policy monitoring and evaluation.
  
  
• May 2013: Public expenditure analysis finalized.

• In general, farmers receive lower prices compared to international prices, while consumers sometimes pay higher prices.
  
  
• Domestic prices are converging with international prices. However, ad hoc policies and poorly functioning markets are a significant burden for producers and consumers.

• Nine technical notes analyzing market incentives and disincentives for maize, rice, cassava, yam, cocoa, groundnuts, palm oil, beans and sorghum
  
  
• One technical note analysing public expenditure to support agriculture and rural development
  
  
• A comprehensive country report
  
  
• A database with all indicators and supporting information used for their calculation
  
  
• Information about capacity development activities on the MAFAP methodology for public expenditure analysis and for market incentives and disincentives

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