Review of Food and Agricultural Policies in Mali 2005-2011
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of food and agricultural policies in Mali. It draws on technical notes that provide detailed analyses of eight agricultural products which account for 65% of the total value of agricultural production in Mali. The report also contains findings from an analysis of public expenditure on food and agriculture in Mali from 2006 to 2010. It looks at the combined impact of public expenditure and policies on incentives to production. Finally, the report looks at how well public expenditure and policy measures in the country are aligned, and if agricultural policies are consistent with overall objectives.
The evidence and analysis in this report are based on the Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) project’s rigorous methodology for measuring the impact of agricultural and food policies. The analysis was based on disaggregated data and is unique in its level of detail.
Policy recommendations, based on concrete evidence, are expected to contribute to policy dialogue in Mali and beyond. In order to make the findings more relevant for policy making, MAFAP work was carried out both by FAO and its partners in Mali: the Rural Economics Institute (IER) and the Ministry of Agriculture’s unit in charge of planning and coordinating agricultural policies (CPS-SDR).
