Multinational - Programme regional de developpement de filieres rizicoles resilientes en Afrique de l'Ouest (AFDB-P-Z1-AA0-176)

Countries
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cape Verde
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Ivory Coast
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • African Development Bank (AFDB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Nov 20, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
EWOCAS
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 7.96 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 7.90 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 650.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Apr 10, 2025

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Project Description
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According to bank provided information, the main programme objective is to strengthen food security and sovereignty in West Africa by promoting public and private investments in rice value chains (RVCs) to increase rice self-sufficiency and reduce the region's rice import bill by 2030. The specific programme objectives are to (i) increase rice production and productivity and the incomes generated for farmers, especially women and young people; (ii) strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of rice farms and production systems to climate change; (iii)increase the marketing of and intra-regional trade in rice; and (iv) improve the organization, structuring and regional protection of subsectors, RVCs and their ecosystems by improving their regional governance (ECOWAS Rice Observatory -ERO, ECOAGRIS, CET, etc.).

Across West Africa, the project aims to cover 100 000 hectares of irrigated land and directly benefits some 300 000 rice farmers including 30% of women (90,000 women)and 20% of young people specifically (60,000 young people). It directly benefits50 000 RVC actors (e.g. seed companies, input dealers, millers, processors, traders) including 20% of young people (10,000 young people). It also indirectly benefits160 000 households, including internally displaced households.

The Regional Program for the Development of Resilient Rice Value Chains (REWARD) in West Africa has been funded with a total of US$650 million for the 15 member countries of EWOCAS: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

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Marwan Alain Xavier LADKI
Irrigation Engineer, AHAI5
African Development Bank
m.ladki@afdb.org 
www.afdb.org

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