African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to IITA to scale agricultural technologies in Africa
Summary. The African Development Bank awarded $16.6 million to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to launch the third phase of its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Program. The initiative scales climate-resilient farming practices across Africa, having already reached 25 million farmers and increased crop yields up to 69 percent. The new phase targets 14 million additional farmers across 37 countries through improved seed systems and digital tools.
Details
- Countries
- Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria
- Regions
- Africa
- Categories
- agtech, climate-and-environment, food-systems
- Added
- 2026-04-29