THE TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION ( TAAT ) PROGRAM
IMPACT
Increase food output by
100 million tons
11 million farmers accross 29 million countries have benefited from proven climate adapted agricultural technologies
In Sudan , farmers planted five heat-tolerant wheat varieties across 294,000 hectares of land , doubling wheat production to 1.1 million tons in four years . Lift 40 million people out of poverty
Some 5.2 million households were provided
with drought-tolerant maize varieties on 841,000 hectares of land , when drought
and the invasive pest fall armyworm hit Africa ’ s southern region in 2018 and 2019 .
In Ghana , 15,000 hectares of underutilized savannah and partially degraded land was transformed into no-till maize and soy production fields . The harvests were sold to boost feedstock for the poultry feed industry .
12 50 Years I African Development Fund