MAFAP re-launches in Accra to help repurpose Ghana's food and agriculture policies
Ghana will be part of MAFAP III, a renewed 5-year policy support programme, to strategically prioritize, reform and implement policy change to the food and agriculture sector to speed up inclusive agricultural transformation.
the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme kicked off a new 5-year collaboration with the Ghanaian authorities to reform public policy on food and agriculture.
The new collaboration for the third phase of the MAFAP programme brings Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture, National Development Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry, and FAO’s MAFAP programme together to optimise public budgets to the agricultural sector and to identify areas with high impact potential for agricultural growth, employment and food security and nutrition.
“Globally, there is huge momentum for countries to rethink, repurpose and reform their policies on food and agriculture”, said Christian Derlagen, MAFAP Manager and Senior Economist at FAO during the official launch meeting in Accra. "And today in Ghana we are pleased to renew the MAFAP programme, standing ready to support our partners with economic analyses and advice to guide the government on its path to agricultural transformation, better nutrition and easier market access for farmers”, he added.