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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.
MAFAP team trains task force on policy optimization for new agriculture strategy and investment plan in Mozambique
12/02/2026
Multi-ministerial task force prepares next agrarian sector strategy and investment using regional guidelines and FAO's Policy Optimization Tool (PolOpT).
MAFAP team engages in Mozambique’s new agricultural sector strategy and investment plan
09/02/2026
Maputo ministerial meeting focused on priorities for the Strategic Plan for Agrarian Sector Development (PEDSA) 2026–2035 and the National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNISA III) 2026–2030, as well as on how innovative tools such as the Policy Optimization Tool could support their implementation.