AfDB sets out proposal to coordinate climate finance for African food systems

Friday 13th November 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

The African Development Bank has outlined a proposal to coordinate financing and technical support for African food systems exposed to drought, flooding and extreme heat. The bank put the initiative, called ResilAfrica, on the agenda for a 13 November session at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.

The bank’s event notice says the proposed framework would bring together existing programmes, financing tools and technical expertise. It identifies climate-risk information, agricultural infrastructure and markets as areas that could be addressed together.

The bank said governments, climate funds, research bodies, farmers’ organisations and businesses had been invited to help shape the proposal. The notice gave no budget, list of approved projects or timetable for disbursements.

The proposal follows a separate COP31 analysis from the International Fund for Agricultural Development that modelled how combinations of farm inputs, market access and financial support could limit losses when drought and higher costs hit farmers at the same time. The AfDB notice concerns how institutions might coordinate investment across food systems.

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