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More than 50 actors and partners involved in food insecurity risk management gathered in Lomé from 2 to 4 July to strengthen their capacities on the concepts, principles and…

With a view to accelerating the development of the rice sector in West Africa while reducing rice imports, ECOWAS, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted a learning…

On 29 May 2025 in Abidjan, during the 7th edition of the Salon de l'Agriculture et des Ressources Animales (SARA), ECOWAS, through its Rice Observatory (ERO), organised a…

From 23 May to 1 June 2025, stakeholders and partners in the agroforestry and fisheries sector gathered in Abidjan for the 7th edition of the Abidjan International…

On 7 May 2025, a joint mission from the World Bank and Dutch Cooperation, major financial partners of the Food System Resilience Programme in West Africa (FSRP), made a…

ECOWAS organised a side event on "Increasing Investment for Rice Self-Sufficiency in West Africa: Opportunities and Challenges" on 3 September, in partnership with the AfDB…

ECOWAS's agricultural policy (ECOWAP) is implemented around five key themes, including the strengthening of food and nutritional resilience, security and sovereignty.…

The 4th meeting of the Regional Trade Facilitation Committee examined the implementation of trade facilitation reforms under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and…

The ECOWAS Commission, through its rice sector coordination mechanism and its multi-stakeholder platform of actors and partners, the ECOWAS Rice Observatory (ERO), in…

35 Agricultural Trade and Development Experts from Chad, Ghana, Niger, Sierra Leone, Togo, and ECOWAS Commission assembled in Lomé from February 24 to 28, 2025, to analyze…