Open-to-all launch event for the new, phase III of MAFAP on 6 April 2022!
10/03/2022
FAO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, representatives from Rwanda and Uganda, and global stakeholders are set to officially launch phase III of the leading policy support initiative in effort to boost inclusive agricultural transformation...
In the right place, at the right time: How MAFAP is helping Uganda to invest in high-potential commodities and districts to boost post-COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery
03/03/2022
A MAFAP study on prioritizing investment in high-potential sub-sectors was presented to government officials in Kampala in bid to boost agricultural production, well-being and reduce poverty in rural areas.
MAFAP re-launches in Accra to help repurpose Ghana's food and agriculture policies
17/02/2022
Ghana will be part MAFAP III, a renewed 5-year policy support programme, to strategically prioritize, reform and implement policy change to the food and agriculture sector to speed up inclusive agricultural transformation.
MAFAP and IFPRI deliver post-harvest loss training in Mozambique
16/11/2021
The two organizations held a training session focussing on the methodology to calculate post-harvest losses of maize in two provinces
MAFAP releases new food and agriculture policy monitoring report for Senegal
27/10/2021
Report covers government spending analysis and policy coherence on food and agriculture as well as a price incentives analysis for 3 commodities in Senegal.
Rethink > Repurpose > Reform lunchtime side event at CFS 49 on 14 October
08/10/2021
MAFAP will be organising a side event at the 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on overhauling agricultural support for better food security and nutrition.
De-risking investment to boost Uganda’s beef and dairy industries
05/10/2021
MAFAP partners with AgrInvest Uganda to support evidence-based policy dialogue for two sectors with 73% of gross value of all livestock output
Major new report on repurposing government support to agricultural producers out now!
14/09/2021
The three heads of FAO, UNDP and UNEP launch 'A Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity: Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems' report during launch even on 14 September
A Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity: high-level report launch 14 September
09/09/2021
FAO, UNDP and UNEP will jointly launch a new landmark report on repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems at 15h on Tuesday, 14 September 2021
New webinar: A deeper dive into public spending food and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
04/07/2021
Join the MAFAP team on 15 July at 15:00-16:30hrs for a technical webinar to explore in deeper detail the findings and analysis for the programme's latest report
New MAFAP report out on public expenditure on food and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
07/05/2021
Launched today with a high-level webinar, the technical report delves into over 10 years of public expenditure data, revealing the trends, challenges and priorities that governments in sub-Saharan Africa are facing in terms of public...
Public purse under pressure webinar: MAFAP's latest report brings together high-level, expert panel on 7 May
19/04/2021
MAFAP will host a special webinar to mark the launch of a new report on public expenditure on food and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Speakers include FAO DG, FAO Chief Economist, the IMF, the EU...
MAFAP blog for LSE Africa: Four policy game-changers for post-pandemic African agriculture in 2021
04/01/2021
In a guest blog for Africa at LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science), we set out four policy tools for African leaders to better prioritise and plan food and agriculture policy in 2021....
UN News chats to team behind MAFAP Burkina Faso agriculture investment report
16/11/2020
The UN's French language radio and online news service - ONU Info - interviews economists from MAFAP and the Burkina Faso Ministry of Agriculture about investment options for the sector to boost food security and...
MAFAP study on agriculture investment in Burkina Faso featured on BBC Focus on Africa
27/10/2020
The BBC's World Service interviewed MAFAP Manager Christian Derlagen on spending and investment priorities for agriculture in Burkina Faso. How much does the West African country spend on agriculture and what difference would greater investment...
MAFAP to help Bangladesh on price incentives on onion, potato and rice
08/09/2020
The MAFAP Programme has signed a Letter of Agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh to carry out economic analyses for three commodities, identify policy reform options to address bottlenecks in current policy and...
Le programme SAPAA appuie le Sénégal pour améliorer la programmation et la coordination des dépenses vers la sécurité alimentaire
20/12/2019
Du 9 au 11 décembre, les experts du SAPAA ont appuyé le Secrétariat Exécutif du Conseil National de la Sécurité Alimentaire (SE-CNSA) du Sénégal lors de l’atelier de lancement du Document de Programmation Triennale des...
MAFAP supports Senegal to improve the planning and coordination of expenditures towards food security
20/12/2019
From 9 to 11 December, MAFAP experts supported Senegal’s Executive Secretariat of the National Food Security Council (SE-CNSA) to launch the Triennial Food Security Expenditure Planning Document (DPTSA) for the 2020-2022 period. This framework is...
MAFAP supports Ethiopia’s Agro-Industrial Parks initiative
14/10/2019
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has been promoting industrial development as a means of sustaining economic growth. Part of the country’s efforts to boost growth of the industrial sector is the development of Integrated Agro-Industrial...
MAFAP and IFPRI host seminar on public agricultural expenditure and rural investment strategies in Ghana
05/09/2019
On Friday June 14th, 2019, the Monitoring and Analyzing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) project of FAO and the Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) hosted a seminar...