ECOWAP definition

ECOWAP means ECOWAS’ Agricultural Policy adopted by the Heads of States of the ECOWAS’s member countries on January 19, 2005.
ECOWAP means ECOWAS Agricultural Policy adopted by the Heads of States of the ECOWAS member countries on January 19, 2005.

Examples of ECOWAP in a sentence

  • The ECOWAP was adopted on 19th January 2005 in Accra by the Heads of State and governments of the region.

  • The WAAPP is a two-phase, ten-year, horizontal and vertical APL to support the implementation of ECOWAP through the implementation of CAADP’s fourth pillar.

  • The ECOWAP is based on a vision to build "a modern and sustainable agriculture, founded on effective and efficient family farms and the promotion of agricultural enterprises through private sector involvement.

  • As a result of a process involving all stakeholders in the region, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) developed an Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP) as the means of implementing CAADP in West Africa.

  • At the subregional level, considerable progress has been made with the implementation of the regional component of CAADP.300In West Africa, the process begun with the creation of an ECOWAS Common Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP) in 2001 by the the ECOWAS Ministerial Commission on Agriculture.

  • The prime objective of ECOWAP was to (i) enhance food security for the people in the region; (ii) involve producers in markets; (iii) intensify production systems in sustainable manner; (iv) reduce food dependence and achieving sovereignty; while (v) adopting appropriate funding mechanism for agricultural production.

  • Through these efforts, the Program will be an important instrument for ECOWAS countries to implement the recently adopted ECOWAP.

  • In particular, CORAF has been involved in the component of ECOWAP that focuses on agricultural research and technology as well as market integration.

  • The project supported the CAADP, ECOWAP and the USAID FtF programs to improve agricultural productivity in order to reduce poverty by half and increased food security in West Africa.The second award, entitled “Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED)”, was awarded June 20, 2017 for five years, and has three main components.

  • The operation plan to implement ECOWAP was adopted in May 2005 and a program of investment is currently underway (ECOWAS, 2005).