Commodity price incentives
Also in MAFAP's agrifood policy monitoring portfolio are analyses of price incentives for selected, key commodities for countries in Africa.
MAFAP's team of economists and policy analysts help governments to better understand how their trade and market policies affect the prices of agricultural commodities along the value chain, and assess if the current policy measures in place benefit or penalize farmers and traders.
Drawing from a set of internationally recognized economic indicators, this kind of analysis can help governments shape policy decisions that incentivize the production and trade of agrifood products.
MAFAP produces a number of analyses on commodity price incentives for MAFAP partner countries which are included in its Agrifood Policy Monitoring Review (PMR) publications. The programme also provides price incentives analysis and policy support to many countries in the Near East and South Asia.
Explore more on price incentives data on MAFAP's Data Hub page.
MAFAP and the international Ag-Incentives Consortium
The programme's policy monitoring team is also the FAO focal point for the Ag-Incentives Consortium and for data on Africa. Ag-Incentives is a global agricultural incentives dashboard that shows how current domestic policies and measures affect agricultural price incentives, which have particularly strong impacts on the poor and vulnerable communities. The Ag-Incentives Consortium comprises the OECD, FAO, IFPRI, Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank.
Contact the agrifood policy monitoring team
Valentina Pernechele
Economist & Policy Monitoring Coordinator
Useful links
Videos
All about agrifood policy monitoring in 1 minute with Valentina Pernechele
06/05/2024
Find out in 1 minute from Economist Valentina Pernechele how the MAFAP Programme is helping countries through policy monitoring and data analysis on...
Publications on commodity price incentives
Analysing milk price incentives to strengthen policies for dairy production and exports in Uganda
28/12/2022
The dairy sector accounts for 6.5 percent of Uganda’s agricultural gross domestic product and is a key industry outlined in Uganda’s Third National...
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...
E-learning on commodity price incentives
Monitoring price incentives for food and agriculture: the MAFAP method
02/11/2021
Learn how policies influence prices at different stages of the value chain, such as at producer, wholesale and retail level, is fundamental to determine if changes in policy are needed to encourage production or ensure food security.