Publications
Unlocking public expenditure to transform agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa
14/11/2022
This policy brief highlights the main challenges of public spending on food and agriculture in selected sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Public spending – or expenditure – on food and agriculture is widely accepted as the...
A tool to support the spatial prioritization of commodity-specific investments
03/11/2022
This paper proposes a simple methodology to select a limited number of geographical areas to prioritize for commodity-specific investments in Uganda. Similar to other approaches for prioritizing investments geographically, the basic idea behind the proposed method is that districts with high agro-ecological potential, that are also far from their potential and have high levels of poverty, should be prioritized for commodity-specific investments.
Beefing up: An analysis of Uganda's beef export competitiveness – Technical note
30/08/2022
The livestock sector accounts for about 17 percent of agricultural value added and 4.3 percent of Ugandan GDP. Among the livestock subsectors, cattle is the most important one, as Uganda has 14.2 million cattle, of...
Analysing changes to price incentives during the first wave of COVID-19
10/08/2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a shock on agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middleincome countries to be particularly affected. As containment measures disrupt access to agricultural inputs and markets,...
Realigning policy interventions on agricultural prices: Monitoring incentives in low- and middle-income countries during the first wave of COVID-19
10/08/2022
COVID-19 has resulted in a shock to agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middle-income countries to be particularly affected. Although policy responses were more muted than during the 2007–2008 world...
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief
09/08/2022
This brief summarizes the findings of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-04 "Repurposing agriculture's public budget to align healthy diets affordability and agricultural transformation objectives in Ethiopia", part of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable.
Aperçu du Programme de la FAO Suivi et analyse des politiques agricoles et alimentaires (SAPAA)
24/06/2022
Le programme Suivi et analyse des politiques agricoles et alimentaires (SAPAA) est une initiative majeure de soutien aux politiques de la FAO. Il permet à cette dernière d’accompagner les pays d’Afrique dans la hiérarchisation stratégique,...
E-learning course on monitoring public expenditure on food and agriculture: the MAFAP method
25/05/2022
Welcome to the MAFAP e-learning course on public expenditure! Monitoring public spending devoted to food and agriculture is a critical policy analysis tool to better understand agricultural public expenditure and how it affects agricultural development,...
E-learning course on monitoring price incentives for food and agriculture: the MAFAP method
25/05/2022
Welcome to the MAFAP e-learning course on price incentives! This 9-lesson course explores how policies influence prices at different stages of the value chain, such as at producer, wholesale and retail level, is fundamental to determine...
Suivi des politiques agricoles et alimentaires au Mali 2022
25/03/2022
L’agriculture constitue la pierre angulaire de l’économie malienne. Elle emploie environ 80 pour cent de la population et représente plus de 35 pour cent du produit intérieur brut national. Le Mali possède un énorme potentiel...