On 4 December 2018 in Accra, MAFAP, the International Trade Center (ITC) and the Duke University Global Value Chains Center presented the results of a joint study aimed at boosting Ghana’s non-traditional agricultural exports (NTEs).The...

On the 14 November, the MAFAP programme was invited to present its work at the Intersessional meeting of the intergovernmental group (IGG) on Hard Fibres and the IGG on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres. The...

On the 10 October, Bangladesh launched its Second Country Investment Plan for Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems (CIP2).

On 19 September 2018 in Dakar, MAFAP and the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC) presented the results of a study that will guide optimal allocation of the agricultural budget for the 2019-2023...

Le 19 septembre 2018 à Dakar, le SAPAA et le Centre Commun de Recherche de la Commission européenne (CCR) ont présenté au gouvernement les résultats de l’étude sur la budgétisation optimale du volet agricole du...

The FAO and OECD joint forces on 13th July in Rome to offer a seminar on Agricultural Outlook and Policy Monitoring and Evaluation. The event was organized under the auspices of the Committee on Commodity...

Rwanda officially launched its new Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA 4) during the Agriculture Week in Kigali last week. Through research, innovation and skills development, the Government of Rwanda seeks to...

On June 7, 2018, MAFAP and the Ministry of agriculture and water facilities organized the validation workshop of the MAFAP study entitled "What policy actions to facilitate agricultural producers' access to chemical fertilizers at reduced...

Le 7 juin 2018, le SAPAA et le Ministère de l’agriculture et des aménagements hydrauliques ont organisé l’atelier de validation des recommandations de l’étude SAPAA intitulée « Quelles actions politiques pour renforcer l’accès des producteurs...

MAFAP has recently published a synthesis study, summarizing the results emerging from the 2017 update of policy monitoring indicators for 14 sub-Saharan African countries, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambiq

This year marks an important step in the transformation of Senegal’s agricultural sector. As part of the second phase of “Plan Senegal Emergent” (PSE II), the guiding framework for the country’s economic and social policies,...

Cette année marque une étape importante dans la transformation du secteur agricole au Sénégal. Dans le cadre de la deuxième phase du Plan Sénégal Émergent (PSE II), le référentiel de la politique économique et sociale...

As part of MAFAP’s ongoing support to the formulation of Kenya’s Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS), MAFAP experts participated in the recent workshop organized by the Government of Kenya to validate the new...

The Onion Steering committee, the secretariat of which is housed within the Ministry of Trade’s Market Regulation Agency (ARM), held its first meeting on March 15, 2018 to adopt the roadmap for the implementation of...

Le Comité de pilotage Oignon, dont le secrétariat est assuré par l’Agence de Régulation des Marchés (ARM) du Ministère du Commerce, s’est réuni pour la première fois le 15 mars 2018 avec l’objectif de valider...

On March 6th, MAFAP and the Department of Agricultural Extension Services of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal, Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) organized a validation workshop on ‘Combining input subsidies with agricultural extension services to boost.

On 6 and 7 December 2017, MAFAP and the Ministry of Trade of Senegal brought together the country’s horticulture sector to discuss contract farming and other reform measures to improve competitiveness of onion and other...

MAFAP invited the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative leadership and staff to conduct presentations and meetings at FAO headquarters in Rome to identify mutual opportunities for evidence-informed policymaking in agriculture

Au Burkina Faso, les activités du programme de Suivi et Analyse des Politiques Agricoles et Alimentaires (SAPAA) ont débuté en 2011 et sont coordonnées au sein du Ministère de l’agriculture et des aménagements hydrauliques (MAAH)....

In Burkina Faso, the Programme on Monitoring Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) started its activities in 2011 in collaboration with the Department of Prospective and Operational Planning (DPPO) within the Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic...