May 17, 2016
Nigeria: Scaling Agriculture As Development and Diversification Strategy for the North West Region of Nigeria
From Left Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto, Masari of Katsina, Ganduje of Kano, Ousmane Dore of AfDB, Badaru of Jigawa, El-Rufai of Kaduna and Deputy Governor of Zamfara State Read more »
May 09, 2016
Eswatini: Swaziland Secures U.S.$63-Million AfDB Loan to Finance Smallholder Irrigation Project
Swaziland has secured a US $63 million (ZAR 2.01 billion) loan to finance the second phase of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) in the southeastern part of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Design Workshop - Empowering the Next Generation of Agripreneurs in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), successfully organized the ENABLE (Empowering Novel… Read more »
April 13, 2016
Africa: The Future of Food
"We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business", said African Development Bank Acting Vice-President… Read more »
April 12, 2016
Africa: AfDB and Lita Invite Africa to 'Think Big' for Youth and Agriculture in Two-Day Design Workshop On Enable Youth Program
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Africa: "Africa Feeding Africa" - New Mega Initiative to Transform Agriculture in Africa Is Focus of International Meeting
To: 14/04/2016 Read more »
March 30, 2016
Africa: AfDB Hosts Workshop On the Role of Agropoles and Agro-Processing Zones in Africa's Agricultural Transformation
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Departments of Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) and Transition Support (ORTS) organized a workshop on "The Role of Agropoles and… Read more »
March 18, 2016
Africa: Workshop On the Promotion of Agropoles and Agro-Processing Zones in Africa
To: 23/03/2016 Read more »
March 04, 2016
Africa: Agriculture Fast Track Fund Makes a Call for Concept Notes for Project Grants
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT), a multi-donor fund contributed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Danish International Development Agency… Read more »
February 16, 2016
Africa: Agriculture As a Business - Approaching Agriculture As an Investment Opportunity
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January 25, 2016
Africa: Feeding Africa - AfDB Holds Planning Meeting With Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) hosted a planning meeting with a delegation from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Forum for… Read more »
January 20, 2016
Uganda: AfDB Approves U.S. $76.7-Million for Uganda's Agriculture Programme
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US $76.7-million loan to finance phase two of the Uganda Farm Income Enhancement and Forestry Conservation Programme (FIEFOC-2). Read more »
December 10, 2015
Africa: Experts Link Climate Information With Flood Risk Management in Africa
Failure to include women in decision-making, lack of information on early warning signs on climate change and weak national meteorological centres have hampered communities'… Read more »
December 07, 2015
Africa: Africa Ties Its Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Cop21 Climate Outcome
A high level panel of African agricultural experts has said that the continent's agricultural transformation depends on the successful outcome of the climate negotiation process. Read more »
November 18, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina in Accra to Share Perspectives On Agriculture, Nutrition and African Cities
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina arrived on Tuesday, November 17 in Accra, Ghana, where he will share on November 18 the AfDB's perspective on agriculture… Read more »
November 06, 2015
Zambia: AfDB Supports Agriculture in Zambia - Financial and Economic Governance in Niger and Mali
At their regular meetings on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, the Boards of Directors of the African development Bank (AfDB) approved three loans totaling US$ 94 million to finance a… Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB and KfW Announce Broad Collaboration That Aims to Advance Agricultural Transformation Agenda
On Thursday, October 22, at the "Feeding Africa" conference in Dakar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and KfW in its role as Germany's development bank, announced a broad… Read more »
October 21, 2015
Africa: "Nourishment Is a Right" - Africa Should Modernise Its Agriculture
"The most important security is that of the stomach," Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), declared at the opening of the conference on… Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: Finance for Food - Investing in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
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October 15, 2015
Zambia: AfDB Conducts Regional Training Workshop On the Development Process of Strategic Plans for Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Lusaka
The African Development Bank, through its Statistical Capacity Building (SCB) program, conducted a regional training workshop on the Strategic Plans for Agricultural and Rural… Read more »
Africa: AfDB High-Level Conference to Catalyze Africa's Agricultural Transformation
On October 21-23, Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economy, as well as Ministers of Agriculture, Rural Development, Trade and Industry and Governors of Central Banks will join… Read more »
Senegal: Dakar High-Level Conference on Agricultural Transformation 2015
An Action Plan for African Agricultural Transformation to be held at Abdou Diouf International Conference Center (CICAD) on 21-23 October 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, under the auspices… Read more »
October 06, 2015
Africa: World Food Day, October 16 - "Social Protection and Agriculture - Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty"
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September 29, 2015
Africa: High-Level Conference for an African Agricultural Transformation Agenda "Towards a Strategy for a Strong Agricultural Sector in Africa"
To: 23/10/2015 Read more »
September 23, 2015
Madagascar: AfDB Approves Rural Youth Enterprise Project for Food Security in Madagascar
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved two loans amounting to US$ 24.55 million for Madagascar to help reduce the country's food insecurity and fragility. Read more »