ADESINA TO FUND YOUNG FARMERS, AGRIPRENEURS WITH $0.25M WORLD FOOD PRIZE MONEY
President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina says he would devote his $250,000 2017 World Food Prize money to funding young African farmers, agripreneurs. President of the World Food Prize Foundation, Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, paid tribute to Adesina, “whose breakthrough achievements have impacted millions of farmers and those living in rural poverty in Nigeria and throughout Africa, and whose leadership holds great promise for uplifting millions and millions more across that continent.” Accompanied by Olusegun Obasanjo and John Mahama, former Presidents of Nigeria and Ghana respectively, receive the award – the world’s highest recognition for food and agriculture, with his wife Grace and his two children, Rotimi and Segun. Representatives of the Nigerian Government, Purdue University, his alma mater, friends, associates and Bank staff were among the well-wishers who came in out in large numbers to celebrate the African agriculture icon, known as “Af...