News & Events
11/03/2013 - A team from the African Development Bank Group, led by Abdoulaye Dagamaissa, Manager, Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (OSAN), and comprising Harouna Dosso, Senior Agronomist, OSAN/Ethiopia Field Office (ETFO); Hailemariam Hailemeskel, Agricultural Economist, OSAN/ETFO; and Paxina Chileshe-Toe, Natural Resources Management Specialist, OSAN, undertook a site visit from February 25-27 to Adaar, one of the six beneficiary woredas (administrative units) in the Afar region of Ethiopia, where the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP) will be implemented. The team was assisted by a locally recruited cameraman and photographer.
Categories: Ethiopia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development
27/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has laid out solutions some African countries are about to apply, with help from the AfDB and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to respond to complex problems that climate change is creating on their combined sectors of water, food and energy.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power, Water Supply & Sanitation, Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries
26/02/2013 - Africa’s trade with the United States grew by more than 500 per cent between 2001 and 2011, but many African countries missed out on that five-fold growth, a leading Washington expert told African Development Bank (AfDB) staff recently.
Categories: Regional Integration, Human and Social Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries
25/02/2013 - To address the recurrent droughts and related human, production and environmental concerns in a sustainable manner, the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of countries in the Intergovernmental Authority On Development (IGAD) region, held in September 2011, called for the urgent implementation of policies, strategies and programs aimed at building resilience to future climatic and economic shocks.
Categories: Somalia, Ethiopia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
25/02/2013 - The workshop on the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP) in the Horn of Africa (HoA) commenced on Friday, February 22 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Categories: Somalia, Ethiopia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
25/02/2013 - An African Development Bank Group mission led by Abdirahman Beileh, Acting Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, and comprising members of the Fragile States Unit and the East Africa Regional Resource Centre (EARC), visited Mogadishu, Federal Republic of Somalia, from February 14 to 19, 2013.
Categories: Somalia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, Fragile States Facility
19/02/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, February 13, in Tunis approved a 22-million euro loan to Tunisia to finance the Gafsa North Integrated Agricultural Development Project, which aims to reduce poverty in the area.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development, Poverty Reduction
30/01/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved today a senior loan of US $100 million to Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL) to build and operate a gas to urea fertilizer plant located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, that will serve markets in Benin, Brazil, Ghana, India, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Categories: Nigeria, Private Sector Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries
25/01/2013 - The priority areas emanating from the study and selected by the Bank for intervention include: (i) Water Resources Infrastructure, (ii) Livestock Infrastructure, (iii) Markets and Marketing of livestock and livestock products, (iv) Capacity Building and (vi) Conflict Resolution and Peace Building.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
25/01/2013 - The Horn of Africa is home to an estimated 210 million people and is one of the world’s most food-insecure regions. The African Development Bank’s Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program aims to develop drought resilience and improve livelihoods in the region.
Categories: Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries
