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- From: 05/07/2012
- To: 06/07/2012
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
The Bank, through the natural resources and environment management, and the compliance and safeguard divisions, is holding two regional workshops in Dakar, Senegal (July 5-6, 2012) for francophone participants and Nairobi, Kenya (July 12-13, 2012) for Anglophone participants. Serving as a platform to share experiences and lessons learned in implementing Environmental and Social Management Plans, the workshop will bring together eighty-five (85) environmental and social specialists implementing agriculture and natural resources management projects in an effort to enhance their capacity in implementing ESMPs.
Categories: Senegal, Kenya, Environment, Agriculture & Agro-industries
- From: 15/02/2012
- To: 16/02/2012
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will organize an important meeting to present and discuss the findings and recommendations of a study commissioned by AfDB on agriculture biotechnology for Africa from 15-16 February 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Categories: Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries
- From: 27/10/2011
- To: 28/10/2011
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The annual partnership meeting on agriculture and food security in Africa between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) took place in Tunis on 27-28 October 2011.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
- From: 14/09/2011
- To: 15/09/2011
- Location: Djibouti
Following a regional study on sustainable livestock development in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) that was commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in October 2008, a two-day validation workshop will begin tomorrow, Wednesday 14th September 2011at the Djibouti Kempinski Palace.
Categories: Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Human and Social Development, Environment
- From: 18/04/2011
- To: 19/04/2011
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
The Dakar International Agriculture Forum, which took place from 18-19 April in Senegal, addressed the fundamental issues of global agriculture regulation and governance. The forum, initiated by President Abdoulaye Wade, comes a month before the next G20 meeting. According to its organizers, "the conclusions that emerge from the Forum will form, without doubt, an essential input to the current international negotiations in the G20, led by France.
Categories: Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries
- 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
- 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
- From: 22/09/2010
- To: 23/09/2010
- Location: Golden Tulip Hotel, La Marsa, Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the eighth joint AfDB-FAO annual thematic meeting from 22-23 September 2010 in Tunis. The Director of the Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-industry Department, Aly Abou-Sabaa, and the Director of FAO’s Investment Centre, Charles Riemenschneider, will deliver opening remarks.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries
- From: 02/09/2010
- To: 04/09/2010
- Location: Accra, Ghana
The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) was officially opened on Thursday, 2 September 2010 in Accra, Ghana. The three-day forum, which is being held for the first time in Africa, is chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
Categories: Ghana, Agriculture & Agro-industries
