President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday disclosed that the bank was set to deliver climate-adapted, certified wheat and other staple crop seeds to 20 million farmers in the continent. Adesina, who gave this hint in a document titled ‘Averting an African Food Crisis: The African Food Production Facility’ in […]
The African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) Board of Directors on Friday approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. Apparently aimed at mitigating the impacts of the disruption of food supplies arising from the Russia-Ukraine war in Africa, the $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, which is a […]