{"id":278,"date":"2019-04-12T22:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=278"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:25:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:25:30","slug":"agriculture-fast-track-fund-to-launch-17-new-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/agriculture-fast-track-fund-to-launch-17-new-projects","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Fast Track Fund to launch 17 new projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Development Bank will on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 launch 17 new grant projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) in support of agribusiness Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in eight African countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The beneficiary countries are:<\/strong><br \/>\nGhana (4)<br \/>\nTanzania (4)<br \/>\nBurkina Faso (2)<br \/>\nMalawi (2)<br \/>\nMozambique (2)<br \/>\nEthiopia (1)<br \/>\nNigeria (1)<br \/>\nSenegal (1)<\/p>\n<p>The AFT Fund is managed by the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department of the African Development Bank and supports the development of a strong pipeline of \u201cbankable\u201d agriculture infrastructure projects and assists African agribusiness SMEs in project preparation activities to ease their take-off.<\/p>\n<p>The fund is supported by the governments of the USA (through USAID), Denmark (through DANIDA) and Sweden (through Sida).<\/p>\n<p>The fund finances the project development cost of a broad range of agriculture infrastructure, spanning the entire value chain: from production to the market. Target projects range from rural feeder roads to irrigation, agro-processing and marketing facilities, and out-grower schemes. The emphasis is on projects that contribute to the food security, income enhancement, job creation, and livelihood of smallholder farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The projects are being implemented in 10 eligible regional member countries (RMEs) of the Bank: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Development Bank will on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 launch 17 new grant projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) in support of agribusiness Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in eight African countries. 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