The recordings are excerpts from a hearing session at the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, during which the president of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case for the United States to back the institution's $1.5 billion emergency food production plan. The plan seeks to avert a looming food crisis in Africa caused by Russia's war in Ukraine. The Bank chief testified about global food insecurity and persisting impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

President Adesina's Keynote Speech (Text in English):bit.ly/3Ndx6s6

President Adesina's Keynote Speech (Text in French):bit.ly/3FLPllZ

Listen to the soundbite: http://www.afdb.africa-newsroom.com/press/agricultural-technologies-helped-african-farmers-produce-12-million-tons-of-food-in-just-2-years-testifies-president-adesina-before-us-senate?lang=en

Download the soundbite: https://www.africa-newsroom.com/files/download/7c4c12c7e35eda0.mp3

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