Events Calendar
- 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, Sector Operations
- 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
- 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, 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
- Date: 18/05/2010
- Location: Abuja, Nigeria
On 18 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the first meeting designed to start up the Equity and Guarantee Fund for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa (EGFAA), a USD 1.2 billion financial facility aimed at spearheading the African Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development Initiative (3ADI), launched in Abuja in March 2010.
Categories: Nigeria, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Private Sector Development
- From: 08/03/2010
- To: 10/03/2010
- Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The Bank Group hosted a joint organizing committee for the preparation of the High Level conference on Development of Agribusiness and Agro-industries (HLCD-3A) in Tunis from January 21-22, 2010. The HLCD-3A is expected to hold from March 8-10, 2010, in Abuja, Nigeria, under the auspices of the African Union (AU).
Categories: Nigeria, Agriculture & Agro-industries
- From: 08/03/2010
- To: 10/03/2010
- Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The 3-day High Level conference on the development of agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa ended yesterday 10 March 2010 with the Heads of state and government session.
Categories: Nigeria, Agriculture & Agro-industries
