The President of the Economic Community of West African States, Dr. Omar Touray, has signed grant agreements with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states.
“In supporting the centres through the agreements, ECOWAS seeks to improve the quality of training, and the development of the centres’ capacities on topical issues related to agroecology and to increase the annual number of people trained in agroecology.
“More specifically, the objective of the support is to contribute to strengthening the training capacities of the centres in the promotion of quality training systems integrating application of theoretical and practical lessons on agroecological techniques and good practices according to the environment, and increase in the number of young people trained, in particular, rural people.
“ECOWAS support to training centres falls within the objective of the programme to facilitate networking and dissemination of pilot experiences and promising approaches in agroecology in other countries of the sub-region, particularly in the Sahel.” The ECOWAS Agroecology Programme aims to stimulate the development of innovative practices that optimise the mobilisation of ecological processes in the field of agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries production in the ECOWAS zone by supporting family farms towards an agroecological transition that enables them to reconcile economic performance, food security, environmental preservation, and the health of the population.
With a total budget of 16.2 million euros, it is composed of two projects, namely the Support Project for Agroecological Transition in West Africa, funded by the French Development Agency at 8 million euros and the Support Project for the Dissemination and Implementation of Good Practices for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification funded by the European Union at 8.2 million euros. It covers the 15 ECOWAS member states and is scheduled to end in 2024.All rights reserved.
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