This project (en français) aims to increase public and private investments in agriculture through the creation of an efficient process to formulate, implement and monitor agricultural policy with the Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement Rural (MAER) of Senegal.

Status: Core-funded Activities and Associate Award
Funding dates: 7/27/2015-7/26/2018
Name of the project: Projet d’appui aux politiques agricoles (PAPA)

Local Partners: 
Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Equipement Rural (MAER) of Senegal
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
AfricaLead

Components: C1-C2, C4a and C4b

Project Leaders:
Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI Regional director
Kimsey Savadogo, Chief of Party and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Eric Crawford, Professor, MSU

Photo: Women in a GIE** are producing a large quantity of millet base products. Dakar, Senegal, 2016 (credit: Sarah Chase-Walsh) 
** GIE: “Groupement d’Intérêt Economique;” or Economic Interest Group