News & Events
01/02/2011 - The Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) today launched its most recent book, Evaluative Lessons for Agriculture and Agribusiness. The publication, a synthesis of evaluative findings from multilateral finance institutions, presents six action areas to help improve the outcomes of agriculture and agribusiness investments.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Operations Evaluation
31/01/2011 - As part of its communication strategy to inform key stakeholders about progress in executing the Implementation Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first edition of a quarterly Global Strategy Implementation Bulletin, produced by the institution’s statistics department.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, Agriculture & Agro-industries
22/11/2010 - En contribuant pour 50% au Produit intérieur brut(PIB) et en faisant vivre 40% de la population rurale, le secteur de l’élevage est l’un des poumons de l‘économie tchadienne, estime Gabriel Bayemi, spécialiste en Développement Humain à l’Unité de des Etats fragiles (OSFU) de la Banque africaine de développement. L’élevage est d’ autant plus important qu’il constitue un potentiel en matière de garantie de sécurité alimentaire, précise-t-il. Interview.
Categories: Chad, Fragile States Facility, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
04/11/2010 - The Global Agriculture and Food Security Fund (GAFSP) Steering Committee approved on, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 in Washington D.C., a USD 97-million grant allocations to three countries. The selected countries are: Ethiopia (USD 51.5 million), Niger (USD 33 million) and Mongolia (USD 12.5 million). For Niger, the implementation will be done by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and for Ethiopia, by the AfDB and World Bank.
Categories: Ethiopia, Niger, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, Sector Operations
- Date: 20/10/2010
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The global financial and food crises have brought agriculture into sharp focus, demonstrating that poverty and food insecurity go hand in hand. These were among key issues raised at the beginning of a three-day program identification workshop on financing agricultural research in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) regional member countries, which opened on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 in Tunis.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries
- From: 13/10/2010
- To: 15/10/2010
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is participating in the World Food Prize-2010 Borlaug Dialogue taking place from 13-15 October 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Categories: United States of America, Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Sector Operations
- From: 03/10/2010
- To: 06/10/2010
- Location: Kampala, Uganda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in this year’s African AgriBusiness Forum in Kampala, Uganda, from 3 – 6 October 2010. Sponsored by several partners (AGRA, FAO, NOVUS, Stanbic Bank, IFDC, Rabobank, KPMG, Winrock, among others), the international platform will enable delegates to exchange views on best practices and contemporary issues pertaining to the sustainable development of Africa’s Agricultural and Agro Industrial Sectors.
Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
07/09/2010 - The AfDB recently handed CFAF 13 billion worth of equipment to Gabon’s fisheries and aquaculture directorate aimed at modernizing the sector.
Categories: Gabon, Agriculture & Agro-industries
07/09/2010 - There is a convergence of opinion between the Bank and its ADF Deputies. ADF 12 will use the work of ADF 11 as a platform on which to consolidate and deepen both institutional reforms and interventions in support to RMC’s so as to ensure impactful and sustainable development.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Chief Operating Officer
06/09/2010 - "The global food crisis has posed a major threat to global food and nutrition security with substantive humanitarian, socio-economic, environmental, developmental, political and security-related consequences. With ADF funds we support the development of a robust agriculture sector that can withstand the effects of crises – focusing our attention on providing the necessary infrastructure for this sector to become an engine of growth and enhanced livelihood.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Infrastructure, Fragile States Facility
