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MAFAP presents review of ways to set reference price for cashew nut producers in Mozambique
06/12/2023
The team attended the Second Session of the Committee on Nuts at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to present an analysis of the cashew price formula to recommend possible areas for improvement.
MAFAP strengthens country engagement with Ethiopia on agrifood policy support
01/12/2023
MAFAP team held meetings with the Ministry of Planning and Development on support to its medium-term investment plan, as well as the Policy Studies Institute to partner with to understand nutrition-sensitive public expenditure on food and agriculture.
MAFAP starts collaboration on calculating least-cost healthy diets for Ethiopian subnational groups to inform public spending policy
30/11/2023
FAO’s Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, through its MAFAP team, is working with FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to develop least-cost contextually appropriate healthy diets for subnational groups in Ethiopia.
MAFAP presents initial findings of public expenditure review for Nigeria
16/11/2023
Preliminary results shown in Abuja reveal Nigeria’s public budget allocation to food and agriculture has consistently increased from around NGN (Nigeria naira) 322 billion in 2015 to over NGN 950 billion in 2021, representing around 6% of total national budget.
MAFAP supports Uganda’s forests through public spending review
09/11/2023
Two-day workshop held in Jinja on public expenditure review and knowledge exchange on the agriculture-forestry nexus.