Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA)

Agricultural Development Economics Division

Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA)

Agricultural Development Economics Thematic Brief

Year of publication 2016

Pages 2p.

Author Agricultural Development Economics Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title Agricultural Development Economics Thematic Brief

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA) initiative promotes policy dialogue and evidence-based decision-making at national, regional and global levels by collecting and disseminating information on food and agriculture policy decisions from more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia and Pacic, Latin America and the Caribbean. FAPDA intends to strengthen national and regional capacity to collect, analyse and share policy information on food and agriculture. Launched in 2008 under th e Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP), FAPDA initially monitored country responses to the 2007-08 food security crisis and subsequently broadened its scope to include medium- and long-term food and agricultural policies and programmes.

Language English

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