Monitoring Food and Agricultural Policies in Africa (MAFAP)
Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP)
MAFAP Launch and Capacity Building Workshop
Kampala, Uganda
13-16 September 2011
Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP)
Keith Wiebe
Deputy Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division
FAO, Rome
MAFAP Launch and Capacity Building Workshop
Kampala, Uganda
13-16 September 2011
Motivation
increased attention to agriculture and food security
price increases and volatility
demand pressure, resource constraints, weather
policies also play a key role
risks, but also opportunities
need for information and analysis to support policy dialogue and
decision making
Better-informed decision making to ensure that:
policies are fully supportive of
agricultural development
enhanced food security
sustainable use of natural resources
investments target the areas of greatest need
Vision
Policy monitoring
a broad area, but we focus on a specific subset of quantitative
indicators
OECD countries use a common monitoring system
allows comparison across countries and over time
supports policy dialogue within and between countries
similar analyses of developing countries
not systematic or institutionalized
did not account for key challenges in developing countries
Related initiatives
AU, NEPAD, CAADP
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System
(ReSAKSS)
AGRA policy initiative
CountrySTAT
MAFAP enters an active field, but with a relatively specific
focus
MAFAP
quantitative indicators of policy
incentives and disincentives reflected in prices
(accounting for market development gaps as well as policies)
public expenditures
development and performance indicators
capacity-building and institutionalization
support national and regional policy dialogue and decision
making
Incentives and disincentives
farmers
access costs
national markets
access costs
exchange rates
international markets
Public expenditures
refined classification system
type of recipient
basis for payment (area, unit of output, etc.)
commodities covered
conditions attached to obtain payment
consistent with stated government objectives?
consistent with needs revealed by indicators of price incentives
and disincentives?
Development and performance indicators
secondary data from other sources to help in interpretation of
incentives, disincentives and public expenditure patterns
economic growth rates
agricultural productivity
infrastructure
poverty rates
etc.
Informing policy
patterns of incentives and disincentives may signal need for
attention
policy reform?
investment priority?
the same can be compared with patterns of public expenditures
and development performance indicators
Commodity coverage
key import substitutes (e.g. rice, wheat)
key export crops (e.g. cotton, cocoa, tea, coffee)
key crops that are non-traded but important for food security
(e.g. cassava)
crops with high potential (e.g. flowers, fruit)
totaling around 70% of the value of production
build on and support existing policy processes at national,
sub-regional and continental levels
collaborate with units in charge of policy and planning
mobilize and strengthen networks of experts
conduct capacity development activities
support dialogue within regional economic communities
Institutional approach
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- CILSS monitoring of food security in West Africa, ReSAKSS
CAADP monitoring
- UEMOA, CILSS and ECOWAS in the West, ECA in the East.
- AGRA, NEPAD/CAADP Secretariat and AU at continental level
- e.g.: joint MAFAP training for Burkina Faso and Mali
- UEMOA and CILSS have already proposed to host meetings on
agriculture and food security where results could be presented in
order to elicit interest by other member countries
Partner institutions
Governments and national institutions
AU/NEPAD
EAC, COMESA, SACD
ECOWAS, UEMOA, CILSS
ReSAKSS
AGRA
FAO
OECD
World Bank
IFPRI
Universities
Gates Foundation
FAO Office
Uganda
MAFAP Secretariat
FAO HQ
MAFAP Country Level
Uganda
MAAIF
MAFAP Project Manager
MAFAP Country Backstopping
Officer
Technical Partners
Institutional Focal Point
EPRC
NARO
& others
Policy Forum
Technical Network
Institutional architecture
Key deliverables
system of indicators
strengthened national capacity
country reports
economic and policy context
policy trends and effects (reporting and analysis of
indicators)
country-specific policy issues (to be identified with national
partners)
triennial multi-country MAFAP report
support for national, regional and international policy dialogue
and decision making
Timeline
2010 2011 2012 . . .
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- IFPRI, WB, IFAD, EU, bilaterals (USAID, GTZ). Anderson
- donor coordination groups and projects
- from the methodological point of view as well as through data
generated by the project
- under SO H, Food security.
availability and quality of data
harmonized methods and comparable results
capacity development
ownership, institutionalization and sustainability
bridging the gap from information to decision making
Key challenges
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- IFPRI, WB, IFAD, EU, bilaterals (USAID, GTZ). Anderson
- donor coordination groups and projects
- from the methodological point of view as well as through data
generated by the project
- under SO H, Food security.
Better-informed decision making to ensure that:
policies are fully supportive of
agricultural development
enhanced food security
sustainable use of natural resources
investments target the areas of greatest need
Vision
Development of
Methodology
Synthesis report
Methodology workshop
In-depth country level analysis and
dialogue in five countries
Jan-2010
May-2010
Launching
Preparatory activities
in five additional
countries
Methodology
Synthesis
In-depth
Reports
Policy
Reviews
First Triennal
Report on African
Food and
Agricultural
Policies
Mid-2012
Project
level
Country
level
