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):https://bit.ly/3Ndx6s6

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

Listen to the soundbite: http://www.afdb.africa-newsroom.com/press/a-15-billion-african-emergency-food-production-plan-to-avoid-a-looming-food-crisis-tells-president-adesina-to-us-senate?lang=en

Download the soundbite: https://www.africa-newsroom.com/files/download/6911db7ffb0a908.mp3

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).