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MAFAP and Government of Bangladesh join forces to make public spending a key driver of agricultural productivity and prosperity
19/03/2025
Policymakers and experts gather in Dhaka to track public expenditure and investments in food and agriculture and understand pathways to optimize them for agricultural transformation.
Gates Foundation and MAFAP programme convene for annual update
13/03/2025
A yearly meeting to review of progress, challenges, and future strategies for inclusive agricultural policy reform took place on 12 and 13 March 2025.
Nineteen officials meet to sharpen skills at policy monitoring and data validation workshop in Burkina Faso
26/02/2025
Over 4 days, the MAFAP team has trained government workers in Koudougou on policy analysis and validated data on public spending on food and agriculture and on price incentives for 9 key commodities.
FAO showcases policy optimization tool developed by the MAFAP programme at Global Environment Facility's technical advisory meetings
20/02/2025
Ahead of the GEF’s next funding cycle, GEF-9, Marco V. Sánchez joined environmental experts in Washington, DC to table the tool as powerful way to support countries in tracking and optimizing public spending on agrifood systems, climate action, and biodiversity in drive for better policy coherence.
Zewdu Dechasa joins MAFAP as Ethiopia focal point
11/02/2025
Zewdu joined the MAFAP team in mid-February to continue the programme's line of work in Ethiopia.