The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed grant agreements worth 1.3 million euros with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states.
In a statement on the website of the ECOWAS, President of the commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, signed the grant agreements.
The capacity-building programme is part of the implementation of the ECOWAS Agroecology Programme co-funded by the European Union and the French Development Agency.
The total budget of the grant agreements funded by the European Union was 1,320,784.43 euros, representing about 88,000 euros per centre, and for an average duration of 18 months, aimed at training 12,000 young persons in the region.
According to the statement, the purpose of each grant is to establish the framework of collaboration between ECOWAS and the recipient centre for the implementation of the programme activities in West Africa.
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