Monday 15 December 2008

Regional Launching of WAAPP Meeting


22-24 October 2008. Abuja, Nigeria. The West African Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) meeting officially launched the WAAPP at the regional level in Abuja. It showed progress from Ghana, Senegal and Mali, the first three countries who have received funding from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank through the program.

The aim of the meeting was to monitor progress of the program at the subregional and national level and discuss regional coordination and project management in relation to World Bank rules and policies.

The objective of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) Support Project is to generate and disseminate improved technologies in the participating countries' top priority areas that are aligned with the region's top priorities, as identified by Central Africa Counsel for Agricultural Research (CORAF).

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