Ifad increases funding for Aspire programme

The International Fund for Agriculture Development (Ifad) pledged $12.2 million in loans and grants to expand the Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (Aspire) for the year 2019.

The government will also provide an extra $2.5 million for the expansion, bringing the additional funds to a total of nearly $15 million.

Aspire is a programme that seeks to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers.

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