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Date Time Increased investment in Sahel will boost development and resilience of rural populations – About one million rural people in the Sahel region will benefit from a new joint programme, the first of its kind, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today. The US$180.4 million Regional Joint Programme will revitalize economic activities and food systems in the Group of Five Sahel countries and in the Republic of Senegal. The project is known as the Regional Joint Programme Sahel in Response to the Challenges of COVID-19, Conflict and Climate Change (SD3C) ...

The efforts are meant to revitalise economic activities and food systems in the Group of Five Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) and in the Republic of Senegal.  IFAD’s Executive Board on December 9 approved a highly concessional loan of US$29.7 million and a grant of $13.7 million. The funds will implement the first ever Joint RBA Programme for the Sahel in Response to the Challenges of Covid-19, conflict and climate change, abbreviated as SD3C. The SD3C will benefit 123,000 rural households in cross-border areas of the six countries, reaching almost one mill...

Africa: Ifad Joins With Partners to Build Resilience and Boost Development in the Sahel Rome — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is joining with the other Rome-based UN agencies (RBAs) - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) - as well as the G5 Sahel and the Green Climate Fund to revitalize economic activities and food systems in the Group of Five Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) and in the Republic of Senegal. These efforts will strengthen the resilience of rural communit...