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DAY 1 of the High-Level Roundtable on Fertilizers covered:
🌱Policies for promoting private investment & market development.
🌱Local fertilizer production, infrastructure, & intraregional trade
🌱Soil health management + human resources needed.
#FeedTheSoil
DAY 1 of the High-Level Roundtable on Fertilizers covered:
🌱Policies for promoting private investment & market development.
🌱Local fertilizer production, infrastructure, & intraregional trade
🌱Soil health management + human resources needed.
#FeedTheSoil
[2/5] “Our regional integration strategy aims to strengthen value chains in agriculture to improve productivity, increase #FoodSecurity, create #jobs, & support Africa’s economic transformation.” - @BoutheinaGuerm1, Director, Regional Integration @WorldBankAfrica & @WorldBankMENA
[3/5] @WorldBank @WBG_IDA has scaled efforts toward a regional emergency response approach. To date:
🌱>7.6 million farmers benefited from agricultural assets or services.
🌱>200,000 metric tons of fertilizers have been distributed to vulnerable farmers.
🌱>7.6 million farmers benefited from agricultural assets or services.
🌱>200,000 metric tons of fertilizers have been distributed to vulnerable farmers.
[4/5] In #Togo & many countries in Western & Central Africa, 2/3 of jobs are tied to the agriculture sector. @FEGnassingbe & @ousmane_diagana highlight the link to economic transformation & sustainable agricultural development in the region.
worldbank.org/en/news/opinio… #FeedTheSoil
worldbank.org/en/news/opinio… #FeedTheSoil
[5/5] Follow along as Heads of State and development partners continue to advance the dialogue towards establishing a roadmap for strengthening the fertilizer sector & improving soil health in Western Africa and the Sahel.
worldbank.org/en/events/2023…
#FeedTheSoil
worldbank.org/en/events/2023…
#FeedTheSoil
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