The World Bank regional team conducted a support mission to the Food System Resilience Programme in West Africa (FSRP) at ECOWAS from 25 to 26 August 2025. The meeting, held at the headquarters of the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) in Lomé, Togo, assessed the progress of the Regional Trade Facilitation and Overall Coordination components and identified solutions to improve programme implementation.
The World Bank and ECOWAS teams were led by Dr Ashwini Sebastian, FSRP TTL, and Mr Alain Sy Traore, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development (DADR), respectively.
Over two days, discussions focused on the main achievements of the first half of 2025 and the level of implementation of the recommendations made at the mid-term review workshop in January 2025.
Overall, ECOWAS has made significant progress in implementing the FSRP. The coordination team was encouraged to intensify its efforts on technical activities that could help facilitate agricultural trade in West Africa to achieve the programme's results framework indicators.
