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Japan grants Cape Verde €1.4 million in food aid

By , based on Expresso das Ilhas

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Japan and Cape Verde are due to sign a €1.4 million food aid agreement to strengthen supplies to the archipelago. The assistance comes as severe food insecurity rose from 5.6% in 2022 to 8.3% in 2024, according to Cape Verde’s foreign ministry and National Statistics Institute.

Japan and Cape Verde are due to sign an agreement on Monday for food aid worth €1.4 million, the Cape Verdean Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The support is intended to accompany the archipelago’s development efforts, according to a ministry statement.

The aid follows a Japanese agreement worth €834,000 signed in December 2025, which provided 991 tonnes of rice to strengthen food security amid rising prices and the lasting effects of climate change. In October, the National Statistics Institute of Cape Verde said that severe food insecurity had risen from 5.6% in 2022 to 8.3% in 2024.

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