October 13, 2017
Africa: "Betting On Africa to Feed the World" - Adesina, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, to Deliver Norman Borlaug Lecture On World Food Day
The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, will deliver the Norman Borlaug Lecture as part of the World Food Prize events taking place from October 16-20, 2017 in… Read more »
October 17, 2017
Africa: Africa Holds the Key for Feeding 9 Billion People By 2050
Calls for land tax for unused agricultural land or underutilized agricultural land Read more »
Africa: Betting On Africa to Feed the World
- Lecture Delivered By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, Phd, President, African Development Bank, World Food Prize Laureate 2017, At Norman Borlaug Lecture At Iowa State University,… Read more »
October 16, 2017
Africa: World Food Day - AfDB Urges African Leaders to Make Agriculture Attractive to Young Africans and Stem Migration
"We must get youths into agriculture and see it as a profitable business venture not a sign of lacking ambition."- Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. Read more »
Africa: Policy Reforms Urgently Required for Increased Private Investment in Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa, Says Blanke
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). On the occasion of World Food Day, October 16, she spoke on… Read more »
October 15, 2017
Africa: Transforming Agriculture in Africa
The African rural world is one I know well. I grew out of rural poverty myself and went to a rural school without electricity and lived in a village where we had to walk for… Read more »
October 11, 2017
Africa: Benin - AfDB Supports Inclusive Growth Through Agricultural Value Chains and Infrastructure Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the institution's intervention strategy in Benin for the period 2017-2021. Read more »
October 12, 2017
Africa: Invitation to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of Post-Harvest Losses and Agro-Processing (Phap)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are pleased to invite you to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of… Read more »
October 16, 2017
Africa: AfDB President, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Participates in Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium
In June, the World Food Prize announced African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina as the 2017 Laureate for his work in improving the availability of seed, fertilizer… Read more »
September 19, 2017
Africa: AfDB Advocates Linkage Between Development Partners, Policy-Makers to Build Africa's Food and Cuisine Value Chain
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is advocating closer linkages between development partners and policy-makers to enhance the informal sector's contribution to building an… Read more »
September 11, 2017
Africa: AfDB Announces New Youth Training Drive to Promote Agricultural Industrialization
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a new youth training drive in partnership with the Brazil-Africa Institute to train young farmers (aged 18-35 years) in commodity… Read more »
September 07, 2017
Africa: African Leaders Validate AfDB's Feed Africa Strategy At African Green Revolution Forum
African leaders and partners in the agriculture sector have validated the Feed Africa Strategy of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a viable tool towards the transformation of… Read more »
Africa: The Frontier for Climate Resilience Begins With Smallholder Farmers
Tackling climate change in Africa will work effectively if efforts are first geared towards eliminating challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent, experts say. Read more »
August 31, 2017
Africa: How to Make the Green Revolution a Reality in Africa
In this interview, she speaks on the seventh African Green Revolution Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 4-8 September 2017; how to mitigate the impact of… Read more »
August 29, 2017
Africa: AfDB Wants Greater Focus On Implementation, As African Green Revolution Forum Begins in Abidjan
The ground is already ploughed. Together, let us now sow the seeds of hope and reap a harvest so plentiful in the years ahead." - Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President Read more »
Africa: African Green Revolution Forum 2017 to Highlight Place of Agriculture in Diversification of African Economies
The 2017 African Green Revolution Forum will be held from September 4-8 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and aims to stress the capacity of agriculture and agribusiness to drive… Read more »
August 02, 2017
Africa: Transformation of Cocoa Production, Rural Economy, Energy in Focus, As Adesina Visits Ghana
Ghanaian government pledges support for AfDB's High 5s Read more »
August 01, 2017
Africa: AfDB Signs U.S.$ 78 Million Grant Agreements With Governments of Somalia and South Sudan to Strengthen Drought Resilience and Address Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition
Somalia grant of US$ 34.8 million set to benefit 804,000 individuals South Sudan grant of US$ 43.8 million set to benefit 300,000 individuals Read more »
July 28, 2017
Africa: AfDB to Invest U.S.$24 Billion in Agriculture in Next 10 Years
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will invest US $24 billion dollars in agriculture as part of its Feed Africa programme- a strategy for agricultural development in Africa. Read more »
June 14, 2017
Africa: Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, Recipient of the "2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition"
Your Excellencies, Read more »
June 07, 2017
Africa: 5.6 Million People Benefit From AfDB's Agriculture Interventions in 2016
Efforts by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade Africa's agriculture sector is yielding good results with about 5.6 million people benefiting from the Bank's… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: Political Will Needed to Drive Africa's Agricultural Transformation, Debate Hears
The African Development Bank has identified political will as a key ingredient to Africa's agricultural transformation agenda and to pull millions of people out of poverty. Read more »
June 01, 2017
Africa: Nutrition et sécurité alimentaire - La Banque Africaine de Développement offre son appui dans la région Cedeao
Antoinette Batumubwira, représentante résidente de la BAD au Burkina Faso, prononce son allocution d'ouverture. À sa gauche, Landry Hien, représentant… Read more »
May 31, 2017
Africa: AfDB Promotes Sustainable, Resilient and Healthy Agro - and Forest Ecosystems With GEF
On May 24, 2017 at the 52nd Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting, the GEF approved a total funding of US $11.2 million for two projects co-financed with the African… Read more »
May 25, 2017
Africa: Access to Credit Facilities Critical to Reducing Post-Harvest Losses for African Farmers, Says Indian Exhibitor
UPL Limited, an Indian company based in Mumbai, is one of the international firms attending the ongoing 52nd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Ahmedabad,… Read more »
