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MAFAP programme and Bangladesh strengthen evidence-based agricultural investment planning in Dhaka
21/05/2026
The MAFAP team, in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), convened a high-level workshop in Dhaka to assess and validate initial findings from a policy analysis of the agriculture sector.
MAFAP team and government partners review food and agriculture spending and policy support ahead of Mozambique’s new agriculture sector strategic and investment plans
16/04/2026
Government officials and technical experts in Maputo validate preliminary findings on public expenditure for the last 16 years to support the country’s new agrifood strategy and investment planning.
MAFAP programme welcomes Nigeria’s 6.5 trillion smarter agrifood public spending
09/04/2026
Public-expenditure analysis and scenarios for optimal allocations across policies, investments and programmes in agriculture to maximize economic, social and environmental benefits helped guide the allocation of over one-third of the budget plan for agrifood investments in 2026–2027 in Nigeria's new National Agrifood Systems Investment Plan (NASIP).
Annual MAFAP–Gates Foundation retreat focuses on policy progress
20/03/2026
Two-day meeting in Rome reviews Phase III progress on policy monitoring, policy reforms and future priorities for 2026–2027.
MAFAP team highlights price incentives and public expenditure analysis at regional exchange on decoupling agriculture from deforestation in Africa
03/03/2026
At a regional knowledge exchange in Addis Ababa, the MAFAP programme shared policy-monitoring evidence and insights from its recent sorghum price incentives analysis to support policy coherence and inform the repurposing of agricultural support.