November 05, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS Launches Food Security Programme
The ECOWAS Commission has launched an "ambitious programme" to promote food self-sufficiency and reduce food import into the region by 40 percent over the next three years,… Read more »
June 06, 2012
West Africa: Ministers Launch Urgent Appeal Against Aggravating Food Crisis
Ministers in charge of agriculture, regional integration and trade in West Africa have launched an urgent appeal to the international community to help mobilize financial… Read more »
June 05, 2012
West Africa: Prime Minister Urges Coordinated Solution To Recurrent Food Crises
The Prime Minister of Togo, His Excellency Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, opened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on regional food crises in Lome on Tuesday, 5th June 2012,… Read more »
April 06, 2012
West Africa: Minister Calls For Strengthening Of Food Security Mechanism In West Africa
The Prime Minister of Togo, His Excellency Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, opened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on regional food crises in Lome on Tuesday, 5th June 2012,… Read more »
May 30, 2012
West Africa: Ministers To Tackle Food Crisis in West Africa at Lome Meeting
ECOWAS Ministers in charge of agriculture, trade and regional integration and their counterparts in Chad and Mauritania are to meet in Lomé, Togo on Tuesday, 5th June… Read more »
May 21, 2012
West Africa: Accra Workshop to Consider Women's Role in Regional Agricultural Investment Programme
A four-day workshop to examine women's role in the search for food sovereignty in West Africa through their involvement in the ECOWAS Regional Agriculture Investment Plan will… Read more »
February 16, 2012
West Africa: ECOWAS to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Victims of Food Crisis
The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council has approved the release of three million dollars by the ECOWAS Commission to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of food crisis… Read more »
August 22, 2011
West Africa: ECOWAS, FAO Meeting to Adress Food Security in West Africa
The ECOWAS Commission and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have scheduled a consultative meeting at the Commission's Secretariat in Abuja from 8th to 9th… Read more »
June 03, 2011
West Africa: Ecowas, AFD Sign 12.34 M Euros Accord to Boost Food Security
Food security and water resources management in West Africa received a major boost with the signing of two grant agreement totalling 12.34 million Euros between the ECOWAS… Read more »
March 10, 2011
West Africa: Ministers Endorse Strategic Plan for Transformation of Livestock Sector in West Africa
Ministers responsible for livestock farming in ECOWAS Member States ended their day-long meeting with the endorsement of the draft Strategic Plan for the Development and… Read more »
August 16, 2010
West Africa: ECOWAS to Empower ROPPA
Officials of the ECOWAS Commission on Tuesday, 10th August 2010 met with representatives of the Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers' Organisation of West Africa (ROPPA)… Read more »
May 20, 2010
West Africa: Ecowas Ministers Propose Measures to Stop Food Crisis in West Africa
The Ministers of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Trade and Humanitarian Affairs of ECOWAS Member States on Wednesday, 18th May 2010 agreed on measures to mitigate the… Read more »
May 24, 2010
West Africa: Statement By President of Ecowas Commission After Visit to Niger
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency James Victor Gbeho has commended the military government in Niger for releasing a 12-month transition timetable that will… Read more »
May 19, 2010
West Africa: Food Crisis, an Urgent Call for Implementation of Ecowap, Says Ecowas Agriculture Commissioner
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Salifou Ousseini, on Wednesday, 19th May 2010 in Lome called for the speedy implementation of the… Read more »
April 22, 2010
West Africa: The Ecowas Commission Donates $ 550, 000 to the Government of Niger to Help It Curb the Food Crisis
The ECOWAS Commission has presented a cheque for $550,000 to the Government of Niger to help it provide succor to victims of the food crisis in the country. Read more »