o   The Gambia is among countries afflicted by illegal emigration of its youth to Europe in search of better livelihoods. To curtail this challenge, the Gambia department of immigration is through the Gambia EBAFOSA Inter-Ministerial policy task force working complementary ministries – energy, agriculture, industry among other participant ministries to develop a counselling curriculum to enhance youth capacity to tap into income opportunities in EBA-based, clean energy powered agro-industrialization continuum.

o   In Nigeria, the Inter-Ministerial policy task force has prioritized EBAFOSA, by virtue of mobilizing diverse state & non-state actors critical to implementing Nigeria's nationally determined contributions as a low risk implementation platform for operationalizing Nigeria's $60million Green Bonds to implement nationally determined contributions priorities in clean energy & sustainable agriculture. To cement this position, EBAFOSA been integrated into the Federal Ministry of Environment’s budget & strategic plan.

o   In Sierra Leone, EBAFOSA Sierra Leone policy task force is building on four ongoing policy initiatives across complementary ministries to establish tax concessions for agro-based industries in rural areas. Establishment of this tax concession policy is aimed at incentivizing investment in clean energy powered agro-value addition enterprises near farming areas.

o   Still in Sierra Leone, their policy task force has participated in a national stakeholder meeting towards amending policies to incentivize consumption and marketing of local, EBA produced crops to incentivize their production by communities. A key policy prescription being prepared is the procurement of 20% locally produced foods in all institutional feeding programmes in the country. This targeting of EBA farmers is set to enhance their incomes at community level while incentivizing them to apply more EBA – thus directly scaling up climate actions as well.

o   In Kenya, the cooperative policy is being aligned to incentivise the cooperative structure in the country to finance agro-enterprises to acquire clean energy solutions like solar driers, solar irrigation, that enhances yields and minimises Post-harvest losses. By this, cooperatives are used to drive enterprise actions that implement aims of the climate smart agriculture policy, the feed-in tariff energy policy on decentralising clean energy, as well as NDCs which capture both CSA and clean energy aims.

o   Benin ministries of agriculture and environment guided to collaboratively implement policies to upscale CSA towards meeting NDC and agro-productivity objectives.

o   Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture guided to work with the Environment, energy and Youth ministries to scale EBA & clean energy for enhanced actualization of objectives of the Paris Agreement, food security & creation of income opportunities.

o   Uganda Buganda Kingdom ministries of environment has been guided to work with the ministry of agriculture, lands and cooperatives to bridge policy silos across ministries towards upscaling EBA & clean energy