The African Development Bank Group, has awarded grant funding totalling $84.3 million to Ethiopia to advance wheat production and increase farmers’ incomes. Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide and African Development Bank Group Deputy Director General for East Africa, Abdul Kamara, signed the grant agreement on 2 August 2023 for the implementation of the country’s Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development Project (CREW). Under its flagship Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative, the African Development Bank Group has supported Ethiopia and several other countries across the continent to boost productivity in agriculture. Ethiopia is the second largest wheat producer in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

Source: Ethiopian News August 16, 2023 12:38 UTC