The main stakeholders in the implementation of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (FASRP) met from 28 November to 1 December 2023, in hybrid format, for the second summary meeting of the World Bank's supervision missions for 2023.
Six months after the first summary meeting held in Senegal, more than 55 stakeholders and partners involved in the implementation of the FSRP shared the results achieved during 2023 and the main activities planned for 2024.
The regional institutions (CILSS, CORAF and ECOWAS) in charge of operational components 1, 2 and 3 respectively led sessions on activities at regional level and in the countries.
The main results achieved in digital advisory services to prevent food crises, the sustainability of the agricultural production system and the integration of regional trade and markets were shared. Experiences were also shared and proposals for solutions to the main challenges were put forward.
The levels of achievement of the main indicators were presented. After two years of implementation, the PRSF has helped to reduce food insecurity by 16% in the areas covered by phase 1 of the programme. A total of 1,221,760 direct beneficiaries, 22% of them women, have benefited from the PRSF's actions. The key figures are as follows:
- More than 654,000 players in the food system, 29% of them women, have had access to hydro and agrometeorological advisory services thanks to the programme;
- Nearly 22,000 hectares of land have been put into practice using sustainable landscape management technologies;
- More than 226,000 farmers, 30% of them women, have adopted climate-smart agricultural technologies and services;
- 24 technologies have been made available to farmers by a consortium of national research institutes, the CGIAR and other international institutes;
- Nearly 3,200,000 vulnerable people can potentially be supported for 1 month by the Regional Security Reserve; 55 private sector players and nearly 123,000 women farmers have received goods and services to increase regional trade and the marketing of the programme's priority value chains, respectively.
In four days of exchanges, the summary meeting of the supervision missions was an opportunity to share the results of the implementation of the PRSP in the countries and at regional level. Learning and the creation of synergies between all PRSP stakeholders are the fruits of this regional meeting.
Overall, significant results have been achieved and the World Bank has encouraged all stakeholders to redouble their efforts to achieve the objectives of the PRSP.
