New Initiative to Boost Sustainable Food Systems in Africa
The President of IFAD, Alvaro Lario, and the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, sign a letter of intent in support of the pan-African Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) - a joint initiative created to reduce Africa’s food import dependency and build sustainable, inclusive and climate-adapted food systems.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have teamed up to mobilize investments to help 40 million African farmers boost production amid one of the worst food crises on the continent.
Last week on the sidelines of the Africa Food Summit in Dakar, Senegal, the two organizations signed a letter of intent in support of an initiative dubbed Mission 1 for 200 (M1-200) to facilitate the produc...