African Development Bank Group seeks US support for $1.5 billion emergency food plan for Africa

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The African Development Bank is working towards establishing an Africa Emergency Food Production Plan which would result in the rapid production of 38 million tons of food across Africa over the next two years – Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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“276 million people are marching toward starvation” – David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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“A perfect storm is leading to heightened global food insecurity, worse, much worse than the previous food crises over the past decade,” warned Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corps (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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“We should be concerned and even alarmed about the widening food security crisis that this war is causing for hundreds of millions far beyond Eastern Europe,” said Senator Coons, Chair of the Senate subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs. (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State Work Plan (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State Work Plan (FR) (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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“A 1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production plan to avoid a looming food crisis,” tells President Adesina to U.S. Senate (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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“Africa must prepare for the inevitable global food crisis,” warns President Adesina during U.S. Senate hearing session (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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African Development Bank Group seeks US support for $1.5 billion emergency food plan for Africa (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 year ago)

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