News & Events
27/10/2011 - Price and weather-indexed insurance schemes may be needed to protected small farmers who are vulnerable to rainfall and temperature volatility, due to climate change, and to international price volatility.
Categories: Ethiopia, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Food Production, Environment
- From: 16/10/2011
- To: 17/10/2011
On 16 and 17 October 2011, the international community will mark two special days that are at the core of the work of the African Development Bank
Categories: Food Production, Poverty Reduction, Human and Social Development
25/08/2011 - AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka and his delegation attended the AU Conference in Addis Ababa, on 25 August 2011 on the crisis in the Horn of Africa – a combination of the worst drought in 60 years, the war in Somalia, the attendant refugee movements and internally displaced persons – which has exacerbated the impact of the drought. The Pledging Conference was convened to enable “an African response to an African problem” – from governments, international organizations and the private sector.
Categories: Somalia, Food Production
30/07/2011 - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, has called for concrete action to mitigate the dire impacts of the drought and famine in the horn of Africa.
Categories: Somalia, United States of America, Food Production
31/01/2011 - La Coalition pour le dialogue sur l’Afrique (CoDA), une plate-forme internationale et indépendante, a organisé samedi soir à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie, en marge du 16 ème Sommet de l’Union africaine (UA), un dîner de travail consacré aux enjeux de l’intégration régionale en Afrique, à la sécurité alimentaire, au changement climatique ainsi qu’à la lutte contre le crime transfrontalier.
Categories: Regional Integration, Food Production, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Environment
25/11/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 7.8-million grant (5 million Units of Account) to Sao Tome and Principe to finance the country’s Infrastructure Rehabilitation and food security enhancement project.
Categories: São Tomé & Príncipe, Infrastructure, Food Production
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
20/10/2010 - The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama-based International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), Amit Roy, has said that fertilizers are strong factors in efforts at increasing food production and attaining food security.
Categories: Tunisia, Food Production, Poverty Reduction, African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
- 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
