To facilitate the operationalization of the Regional Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP), the ECOWAS Heads of State Conference created in August 2011 the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF). Officially launched on 27th September 2013 in Lomé, Togo, the Agency is given the mandate "to ensure technical implementation of regional investment programs and plans aimed at the operationalization of the ECOWAS Agricultural Policy, with the support of regional institutions, bodies and actors endowed with proven expertise".

The attached summary note gives an overview of the achievements and challenges recorded between 2013 and 2019.