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Control and Prevention of Transboundary Animal Diseases: ECOWAS Launches a Mass Vaccination Campaign Against Small Ruminant Plague

11 February 2021

The Pre and Post-vaccination evaluation illustrate vaccination performance and provide relevant indicators for appropriate implementation of small ruminant plague (PPR) vaccination prog

Environmental Protection : A Validated Action Plan to Strengthen the Policy Enforcement

11 February 2021

The implementation of the Action Plan is expected to improve regional environmental governance and increase the effectiveness of Member States in international negotiations.

Funding of the Private Fertilizer Sector : ECOWAS and EBID to Support WAFA

11 February 2021

With the encouragement of the ECOWAS Commission, WAFA mandated EBID to mobilize financial resources and provide the necessary technical assistance and advice.

Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Validation of a Detailed Strategic Framework

02 February 2021

With the adoption of the Framework by ECOWAS Member States, it is expected that the fisheries and aquaculture sector will be better organised and, above all, that the livelihoods of fis

Promotion of Youth Employability in the Agro-forestry-pastoral and Fisheries and Local Milk Sectors: Major Achievements to be Valued

02 February 2021

The promotion of youth employability in the agro-forestry-pastoral and fisheries sector and the promotion of local milk are two of the ECOWAS Commission top priorities.

Performance of the "Support Project for Food Security Storage in West Africa" between 2015 and 2019

27 January 2021

After four and half years of implementation of the Support Project for Food Security Storage in West Africa (2015-2019), the main achievements and key lessons learned are recorded in the attached n

Experience of Social Safety Net Pilot Projects in West Africa

27 January 2021

Social safety nets are cash or in-kind social assistance programs that provide free service packages.

Performance of the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF): 2013-2019

27 January 2021

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).