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African Dev Bank backs young ‘agripreneurs’ to beat climate change
Farmers harvest maize crop facilitated by the Safaricom DigiFarm App, that helps agribusinesses and small holding farmers to share information and transact easily, in Sigor village of Bomet County, Kenya. Photo: Reuters/FILE
Reuters, Barcelona
Reuters, Barcelona
The African Development Bank plans to deploy billions of dollars to help young people build a new digitally-driven model of agriculture that can feed the continent's people and boost prosperity even as the planet heats up, its president said.
At a global summit this week, the bank and the Global Center on Adaptation announced an initiative to strengthen African efforts to become more resilient to extreme weather and rising seas, threats worsened by fast-accelerating climate change.