Benin, July 25 -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $30.25 million in financing for a pioneering initiative to bolster climate resilience and safeguard agricultural livelihoods in Benin.This initiative will protect 150,000 smallholder farmers against climate shocks in a country where agriculture employs seven out of ten people but remains at the mercy of an increasingly unpredictable climate.The departments of Alibori and Atakora are particularly vulnerable, with one in four farmers experiencing food insecurity, well above the national average. Theseregions also face compounding challenges from instability in the Sahel, including crossborder border displacement and trade disruptions due to border clos...