News & Events

08/02/2012 - “Enormous resource requirements are needed by Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector… The African Development Bank needs to continue to closely partner with others to effectively and sustainably build capacities within Horn of Africa countries,” - Kanu.

Categories: Tunisia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production

08/02/2012 - Food security challenges in the horn of Africa, regional drought resilience building programme, climate change and green development, were among key issues discussed by experts in the African Development Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-industry Department (OSAN) during their recent meeting in Tunis.

Categories: Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production

08/02/2012 - La formation des cadres de la Banque aux questions liées au changement climatique, à l’agriculture et aux ressources naturelles est au cœur des activités du département des résultats et contrôle de la qualité de la Banque africaine de développement (ORQR). Avec l’appui du département du développement international (DFID) du Royaume Uni, ORQR a organisé un atelier sur la question à Tunis, du 26 au 27 janvier 2012.

Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change

18/01/2012 - La secrétaire générale de l’Union du Fleuve Mano, Madame Saran Kaba, en visite à la Banque pour poursuivre des négociations sur des projets de protection de l’écosystème du bassin du fleuve Mano, se dit satisfaite de ses discussions avec les représentants de la Banque.

Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment

12/01/2012 - Up to 2.4 million people in rural areas and small towns across Uganda should have improved access to water supply and sanitation by 2016. This follows the African Development Bank (AfDB) signing on 11 January of USD 67 million package to finance the implementation of Uganda’s Water and Sanitation Programme. The project aligns with Uganda’s national goal to increase access to water supply and sanitation services, to achieve 100 percent coverage by 2035.

Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

09/12/2011 - The agricultural sector in the Maghreb is using natural resources so intensively that there is an urgent need to install government control mechanisms at both the national and local level. The rapid growth in the use of ground water for irrigation has resulted in a major increase in agricultural productivity, but the practice is unsustainable because of the over-use of aquifers and salinisation of the water and soil.

Categories: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation

05/12/2011 - Climate change affects agriculture in Africa more than in the rest of the world and that can cause hunger in various countries there. But it is possible for governments to fight the problem, delegates at the climate change conference, COP 17, in Durban heard.

Categories: South Africa, Mali, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production

05/12/2011 - Land carries a powerful emotive charge in Africa. So while some welcome opportunities presented by foreign direct investment in African land, others are alarmed by a new “scramble” for post-colonial, post-independence Africa.

Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment

02/12/2011 - That seems to be the question being asked all over Africa. Irrigation levels are low, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where less than four percent of cropland is irrigated, which means farmers tend to go for rainfed agriculture.

Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative