September 06, 2010
Africa: ADF - Fragile States and Supporting Agriculture Through Infrastructure Lending
"The global food crisis has posed a major threat to global food and nutrition security with substantive humanitarian, socio-economic, environmental, developmental, political and… Read more »
May 26, 2010
Africa: Climate Change And Food Crisis - The Imperative of Modernizing Agricultural Techniques
Sub-Saharan Africa is said to be the most vulnerable region to the effects of climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions. Read more »
May 18, 2010
Africa: AfDB Private Sector Hosts the 3adi Facility Task Force Meeting
On 18 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the first meeting designed to start up the Equity and Guarantee Fund for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa (EGFAA),… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations
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May 19, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves a Line of Credit of Usd 200 Million to the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a line of credit of USD 200… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Commits Usd 40 Million in the African Agriculture Fund
The private sector window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group received, on 19 May 2010, board approval for a USD 40 million equity investment in the African Agriculture… Read more »
April 28, 2010
Africa: Picos and Engenhos Catchment Basins Improvement and Development Project
The project aims at helping to reduce rural poverty through soil conservation and water resource mobilization, as well as resource development for agricultural produce conservation… Read more »
April 09, 2010
Africa: Kenya - Green Zones Development Support Project - Promoting Conservation, Employment And Food Security
The Kenyan government's efforts to arrest the depletion of the country's forest and promote environmentally sustainable agriculture is receiving a big boost from the African… Read more »
March 11, 2010
Africa: High-Level Conference to Promote Agribusiness And Agro-Industries in Africa
A high-level conference to promote agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa (HLCD-3A) will be hosted by the Nigerian government from March 8-10, 2010, "to consider and endorse"… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Fully Supportive of the African Agribusiness and Agro-Industries Development Initiative Agenda
The 3-day High Level conference on the development of agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa ended yesterday 10 March 2010 with the Heads of state and government session. Read more »
March 10, 2010
Africa: N'sele Chickens Are Back On the Market" Food Crisis Response - AfDB Re-Launches N'sele Farms
Although modest in terms of investment, the resumption of poultry and piggery farms in the former N'Sele Presidential Agro-industrial Domain (DAIPN) in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
March 03, 2010
Africa: Abuja - AfDB Participates in High-Level Conference to Promote Agribusiness and Agro-Industries in Africa
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Africa: High-Level Conference to Promote Agribusiness And Agro-Industries in Africa
Ways to boost the development of agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa will be the focus of a high-level conference hosted by the Government of Nigeria in Abuja from 8 to 10… Read more »
February 22, 2010
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Agriculture Sector Strategy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board approved on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 in Tunis, the institution's 2010-2014 Agricultural Sector Strategy. Read more »
February 03, 2010
Africa: AfDB, BMGF And FAO - Developing Clear Roadmap to Improve Food And Agricultural Statistics in Africa
The AfDB, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and FAO are organizing a conference in Hammamet, Tunisia on the Strategy for Improving Food and Agricultural Statistics in… Read more »
February 05, 2010
Africa: Finland Ambassador Tours Bank Supported Agriculture Project in Zambia
The AfDB Zambia Country Office Resident Representative, Freddie Kwesiga, joined by the Ambassador of Finland to Zambia, Her Excellency, Mrs. Antila Sinikka and Mr. Abednego Banda,… Read more »
January 22, 2010
Africa: High Level Summit On Agribusiness in March 2010
The Bank Group hosted a joint organizing committee for the preparation of the High Level conference on Development of Agribusiness and Agro-industries (HLCD-3A) in Tunis from… Read more »
January 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB/WFP High Level Technical Meeting On Agriculture And Food Security
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the World Food Programme (WFP) will organize, on 20 January 2010, a High Level Technical Meeting in Tunis to discuss past and on-going… Read more »
November 20, 2009
Africa: Leveraging Resources for Agriculture And Rural Development in Africa
"If agriculture is so important in Africa, why is so little being done about it?" This brainteaser from the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, set the tone… Read more »
Africa: Joint IFAD/AfDB High-Level Evaluation Meeting of Agriculture And Rural Development
In July 2007, the Presidents and the Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested a joint evaluation of… Read more »
November 11, 2009
Africa: Experts Reflect on Imperative of Regional Action for Agriculture in Africa
"Africa has to change ways of doing things in agriculture and to recognize the global winds of change for the sector," Bank Group Operations Evaluation Officer, Detlev Puetz, said… Read more »
September 28, 2009
Africa: African Development Bank's Role in Efforts to Develop and Invest in Africa's Agriculture
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September 10, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Approves U.S.$ 26 Million Grant for Agricultural Project
The objective of the project is to enhance agricultural productivity and strengthen Malawi's overall food security through increased irrigation and efficient agricultural water… Read more »
May 28, 2009
Africa: U.S.$ 66 Million ADF Loan for Irrigation Programme
The programme, approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary window of the Group on Wednesday in Tunis, is designed to contribute to… Read more »
May 04, 2009
Africa: AfDB Supports Liberia's Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project
The Board approved UA 6 million ADF and UA 0.5 million grants from the Fragile States Facility (FSF), for the Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project, which aims at increasing… Read more »
