The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA), organised a regional workshop marking the launch of the process to develop procedures for the ‘Risk Financing’ Window of the Comprehensive Financing Mechanism for Interventions under the Regional Food Security Reserve (RRSA). This meeting, held as part of the implementation of the Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP) funded by the World Bank, brought together in Lomé, on 29 and 30 July 2026, more than 70 representatives from member states, regional institutions, technical and financial partners, and organisations involved in food security and disaster risk management in West Africa and the Sahel. Read More