The West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program, Ghana: responding to emergency climate and economic shocks: https://t.co/h0NmslOHEH

Spent the day in Akosombo meeting those driving #Ghana’s efforts to build resilient food systems through the @WBG_IDA-supported West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program. Innovative solutions and partnerships like this are key to tackling food insecurity.

@WBG_AgriFood @WorldBank @mofaghana

🇹🇬#FSRP: Les composantes 2, @CORAFNews et 3 @ARAA_CEDEAO du @FsrpWa ont partagé leurs réalisations avec Mme Ashwini Rekha Sebastian, nouvelle cheffe de programme à la @Banquemondiale. 📌Discussions sur les succès, défis et orientations stratégiques. 📆26- 28 juin 2024 à Lomé.

We’re pleased to welcome our new Global Director for Agriculture & Food, Shobha Shetty. Shobha has deep global expertise in agriculture, food security & rural development. She joins us amid renewed @WorldBank ambition to help end hunger across the planet. https://t.co/uXclMXxp2y

A lack of access to irrigation stifles the resilience of agriculture in Ghana. The country possesses substantial irrigation potential: less than 3% of cultivated land is irrigated. https://t.co/Cg1ehp5vSu ##climateresilience via @worldbank

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We've taken steps to reform and scale up the World Bank, expanding its financing to low-middle income countries so it can help boost progress to meeting the SDGs & better address interconnected challenges like climate change & fragility. - @POTUS at #UNGA https://t.co/wJt8LbGRW1

@WorldBank President Ajay Banga shares his 5-point playbook for progress: prioritizing our people, our prosperity, our planet, physical infrastructure, and digital. #CGI2023

"I am very proud to announce a new debt pause option for countries suffering in the aftermath of a natural disaster. That was made possible because of YOU. You are the Bank stakeholders; you are the shareholders. This is actually YOUR Bank." Ajay Banga & @miaamormottley @GlblCtzn

The World Bank approved US$ 200 million Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project - for cocoa, cashew, coconut and rubber segments. Looking forward to implementing this critical project with MOFA, COCOBOD and TCDA. #worldbank #ghana #treecrops #Cocoa https://t.co/gaUSlRpkUN

Chocolate giants reap huge profits as promises to improve farmers’ incomes “ring hollow”. West African Cocoa countries should not just be price takers and compliers- the narrative needs to shift. https://t.co/srhmGkHGa7. Full report here: https://t.co/1FOxsChgZH #cocoa #ghana

Warm wishes to FM Ayorkor S. Botchway and the Government and people of Republic of Ghana on their National Day. Committed to the solidarity of our time-tested relationship.

Benefits of the World Bank financed Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) that supported the rehabilitation of the Kpong Irrigation Scheme (KIS), now crowding in private sector investments.

I joined #GoldenExotics, a company that produces pineapples & bananas for export to North Africa and Europe to inaugurate a new banana plantation project at Torgorme in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region. Read the full story here: https://t.co/QMebYnrBeZ

I received a team from the @WorldBank to deliberate on the diversification of agriculture in Ghana, particularly the tree crop sector. Read the full story here: https://t.co/5c2HdiZNEM #drowusuafriyieakoto #worldbankgroup #diversificationofagric #treecropsector

High temperatures linked to child malnutrition in West Africa. @ArielOrtizBobea

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Nice chart from #IMF’s @Prifti_Ervin @CBogmans @jeffkearns Andrea Pescatori showing clearly how Sub-Saharan #Africa will be impacted the most by #RussiaUkraine war https://t.co/i0zQyW6hfl

When star hosts @lourdesgnavarro @noelking and @AudieCornish departed NPR in three consecutive months, it sparked tough questions on race. The full story is complex. My story, for NPR NEWS