From the 18-21 March 2014, the “All Africa Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development” took place in Durban, South Africa.

A high-level seminar on Food Price Volatility took place in Madrid on March 27-28 2014, where discussions focused on policy responses to address the causes and effects of food price volatility.

The East African Farmers Federation (EAFF) has embarked on a new project funded by the European Union Delegation, Policies for Food Governance. The objective of the project is to strengthen capacities of farmer organizations to...

From the 18-21 March 2014, the “All Africa Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development” will take place in Durban, South Africa.

From the 27-28 March 2014 a high-level seminar on Food Price Volatility will take place in Madrid, Spain.

MAFAP has been invited by the Eastern African Farmers Federation (EAFF) to present at an inception workshop for a project on Policies for Food Governance.

In January 2014 a MAFAP team member travelled to Kigali to discuss the implementation of the MAFAP programme in Rwanda.

The partnership between FAO and the Ethiopian Development Institute (EDRI) is giving its first encouraging results.

The MAFAP team has started to build the first Public Expenditure (PE) database on agriculture and rural development in Malawi.

A MAFAP expert from FAO Rome undertook a mission in Mali from the 21st to the 24th of January.

On the 22nd of November, MAFAP officially launched its activities in Ethiopia, in partnership with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).

MAFAP has launched its technical activities in Malawi, in partnership with the Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CARD).

From the 5-7 of November 2013, MAFAP held its first capacity development workshop in Mozambique at the University of Eduardo Mondane (UEM).

MAFAP was presented to the MAFC’s senior management on 23 October 2013. The event was attended by 22 out of 30 invited delegates.

By December 2013, all East African Community (EAC) partner states will have celebrated 50 years of independence.

Between 2005 and 2010, cattle producers in Mali faced price disincentives.

On 10 October 2013, the Economic and Social Development Department of FAO will host a side event on policy monitoring during the CFS 40 session (7- 11 October 2013):

Rice is becoming a key staple food in Africa, representing on average 8 percent of total caloric intake in 2009, the third most important component of the African diet after maize and root crops.

MAFAP has released a study requested to FAO by the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA): Assessing coherence of price support policies and public spending in West and East Africa.

There is need for the East African Community (EAC) to shape the agricultural policies in the Partner States and foster regional trade by reducing trade barriers to ensure food security.