MAFAP blog for LSE Africa: Four policy game-changers for post-pandemic African agriculture in 2021
Four 'game-changing' policies to better manage food and agricutural policies in Africa have been highlighed in a MAFAP guest blog for Africa at LSE, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) platform for expert analysis on African political, economic and social affairs.
Within the wider, global push to 'Build Better Better' in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic, the FAO's Monitoring and Analsying Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme has outlined 4 policy moves to watch in 2021 for African agriculture. These cover planning and priortizing food and agricultural polices, as well as leveraging the benefits of free trade agreement in the continent.
- Strengthen the way policies and budgets are monitored
- Repurpose agricultural subsidies to build healthier, more sustainable food systems
- Leverage gains of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- Targeting those in extreme poverty where agriculture is a lifeline
Read here the short blog, written by Christian Derlagen, Senior Economist/MAFAP Manager and Emiliano Magrini, Economist for the MAFAP programme.
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