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Adesina formally receives 2017 WFP award, pledges to spend $250,000 prize money on agriculture

Oct 20, 2017

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by

Olaotan Falade

in Agriculture, News

President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina on Thursday formally received the 2017 World Food Prize (WFP) Laureate award in the United States. Adesina was conferred with the laureate in Des Moines, U. S. during which he committed the 250,000 dollars cash prize to set up a fund for financing African youths in…