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Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies - GCP/GLO/543/NET

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Agricultural development and food security require an enabling environment for agricultural producers, consumers, local agribusinesses and other value chain actors to operate effectively. The national policy framework of a country is a key component of that enabling environment. However, policymakers in developing countries often lack economically robust and credible evidence about the impact of their past and current policies, as well as of potential policies that they may wish to implement, on agricultural transformation and its degree of inclusivity. The aim of the second phase of the Monitoring and AnalysingFood and Agricultural Policies programme(MAFAP II) was to tackle the problem of weak capacity by establishing sustainable agricultural policy monitoring systems in the partner countries and by supporting an inclusive dialogue and reform process to boost an inclusive agricultural transformation.

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