Results

The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) has had a significant impact on food and nutritional security in West Africa.

105 million

Farmers using improved technologies

53 billion

Invested in West and Central Africa

335

Innovation platforms created

132

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) supported

Technology parks, CIPs (Community Immersion Centers) and climate-smart villages

638

Technologies developed

1000000

Trained farmers/users

2791

Master's and PhD students

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In 2016, the World Bank ranked the West African Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) as its "second best" project on innovation, creation, dissemination and adoption of improved agricultural technologies.

The Rockefeller Foundation ranked the West African Seed Program (WASP) among the top eight agricultural innovation programs in Africa in 2016.

USAID recognizes CORAF's seed initiative as one of the flagship programs under the global Feed the Future (FtF) initiative.