
Marco V Sánchez
@sanchezmarcov
Deputy-Director of Agrifood Economics and Policy, FAO.
A development economist with policy perspective and strong quantitative skills.
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16-11-2015 09:02:09
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What a wrap in Dhaka! Thank you Dr. Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture for receiving our Food and Agriculture Organization #MAFAP delegation in your office. We have agreed on the technical support we will provide to the The Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh for agricultural transformation and planning.


I would like to thank FAO Bangladesh and Jiaoqun Shi who have supported our Food and Agriculture Organization #MAFAP mission in Bangladesh to initiate the technical support to the The Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh. Our prospective scenarios will inform agricultural transformation and national agricultural planning.




🌎🍽️ Hace 80 años, 19 países de América Latina y el Caribe se unieron en Quebec como miembros fundadores de la Food and Agriculture Organization, comprometiéndose a erradicar el hambre. Hoy seguimos transformando los sistemas agroalimentarios para un futuro sostenible. #FAO80 bit.ly/80AniversarioF…



Remembering that day and what he said at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome: “Our civilization is highly advanced, yet it has not succeeded in eliminating hunger. This is a scandal — it is a sin that cries out to heaven.” — Pope Francis, FAO, 16 October 2017.





We cannot take for granted that public expenditures in the agrifood sector are nutrition sensitive. One of our Food and Agriculture Organization initiatives achieved a collaboration with Ethiopia’s Policy Studies Institute that has shed light on this issue. 🔗Link: doi.org/10.4060/cd5282…



How does Ethiopia 🇪🇹 fare on spending👛on nutrition🍲? A new Food and Agriculture Organization-Policy Studies Institute report analyses "nutrition-sensitive" public expenditure in Ethiopia's agrifood system, in an effort to enable healthy diets. 📘doi.org/10.4060/cd5282… #MAFAP #VAIAinitiative



Thrilled to have moderated and then be a panelist in the session on "National and Regional Policies" at the Food and Agriculture Organization & African Union Regional Conference on the International Year of Camelids and Sustainable Livestock Transformation in Africa in Nairobi. fao.org/africa/events/…


🐮Livestock do more than feed us🧀 They support livelihoods, resilience & gender equity @TheGEF #FoodSystemsIP livestock workshop kicked off in Nairobi, bringing together governments, FAO Livestock, International Fund for Agricultural Development & partners to advance #SustainableLivestock transformation in Africa


Wonderful session in Nairobi with officials of the State Department for Crop Development of the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development. We discussed activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization #MAFAP programme in Kenya, including the upcoming assessment of the National Fertilizer Subsidy Programme (NFSP).




Thrilled (and thankful) to have participated in this important workshop and explain to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) FSIP Africa country partners how the Food and Agriculture Organization PolOpT tool will support policy optimization for policy coherence.
