News & Events
26/09/2012 - Mme Leila Mokadem, représentante-résidente de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) au bureau régional du Sénégal a participé au Conseil présidentiel qui s’est tenu le 19 septembre 2012 au palais de la république du Sénégal, sous la présidence effective du chef de l’Etat, Macky Sall.
Categories: Senegal, Infrastructure, Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries
25/09/2012 - La BAD, la FAO et le Sénégal ont signé le vendredi 21 septembre 2012 à Dakar, un accord de don d’un million de dollars pour l’aide d’urgence au monde rural. Le ministre sénégalais de l’économie et des finances, gouverneur de la BAD pour le Sénégal, Amadou Kane, le représentant résident de la FAO, Amadou Ouattara et la représentante résidente régionale de la BAD au Sénégal, Leila Mokaddem, sont les cosignataires du document d’accord tripartite de don aux populations sinistrées frappées successivement par la sécheresse et les inondations.
Categories: Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
29/08/2012 - Agriculture plays a key role in Africa’s development in terms of economic growth, enhanced living standards, poverty reduction and increased food security. For this reason, African heads of state and government adopted an African initiative to assist African countries to revitalize agricultural growth to combat hunger and poverty.
Categories: Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development
29/08/2012 - The African Development Bank is conducting a second workshop with the theme “Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development – Africa Action Plan” from August 27-29 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first workshop was held in Kigali, Rwanda, in June.
Categories: Ethiopia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
23/08/2012 - Food security remains an important development issue for Africa, with many countries facing high food costs and periodic food shortages due to climate change, humanitarian crises, conflict, displaced populations, poor agricultural practices and a high dependency on imported food stuffs.
Categories: Food Production
- Date: 01/08/2012
- Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is attending the meeting of African finance ministers and central bank governors which began in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 1 August.
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Poverty Reduction, Food Production, Youth, Human and Social Development, Energy & Power
29/06/2012 - The project to rehabilitate the agricultural and rural sectors (PRESAR) was designed in the context of a country emerging from conflict. It aims to achieve food security and fight rural poverty. More specifically, the project aims to improve rice production and market gardening as well as livestock
Categories: Guinea-Bissau, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation, Food Production
28/05/2012 - Some African stakeholders on Monday at the ongoing Africa Development Bank (AFDB), annual meetings in Arusha, Tanzania, said that Africa was paying lip service to the age-old issue of drought and its economic consequence.
Categories: Tanzania, Food Production, Human and Social Development
21/05/2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka capped a visit to Washington with a landmark meeting at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Saturday. The special session focused on agriculture policy in Africa, and in particular, a fresh initiative called the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
18/05/2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka joined U.S. President Barack Obama, several African heads of state and leaders from the public and private sector in Washington on Friday for the launch of a new initiative that aims to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth.
Categories: United States of America, Food Production, Poverty Reduction
