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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, President's Corner
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, President's Corner
16/05/2012 - An African Development Bank (AfDB) mission is currently in Khartoum, Sudan, working with Government authorities and other stakeholders to develop a program intended to build resilience to droughts and provide sustainable livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHOA). The mission is headed by AfDB livestock specialist, Umar Lawal, together with Abdul B. Kamara, AfDB’s Resident Representative for Sudan, and various experts from the AfDB and from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Categories: Sudan, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
- From: 18/05/2012
- To: 19/05/2012
- Location: Camp David, Maryland
Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the world’s richest nations this week to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa.
Categories: United States of America, Food Production
08/02/2012 - Food security challenges in the horn of Africa, regional drought resilience building programme, climate change and green development, were among key issues discussed by experts in the African Development Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-industry Department (OSAN) during their recent meeting in Tunis.
Categories: Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
05/12/2011 - Climate change affects agriculture in Africa more than in the rest of the world and that can cause hunger in various countries there. But it is possible for governments to fight the problem, delegates at the climate change conference, COP 17, in Durban heard.
Categories: South Africa, Mali, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
29/11/2011 - Over just one year, a series of events – ranging from the Arab Spring to the European debt crisis and growing food insecurity, particularly in the Horn of Africa – has focused attention on the fragility of the global economic system.
Categories: Financial Crisis, Food Production, Chief Economist's Office
28/10/2011 - La croissance démographique a une influence avérée sur la disponibilité alimentaire en Afrique. Cet impact peut être d’autant plus préjudiciable que la population de l’Afrique va atteindre le chiffre de 2 milliards d’individus en 2050. C’est ce qu’a souligné, le 28 octobre à Addis-Abeba, Kevin Thomas, maître de conférence à l’Université de Pennsylvanie.
Categories: Ethiopia, Human and Social Development, Climate Change, Food Production
28/10/2011 - Vulnerable households cope with difficult times in ways that have adverse consequences on human development, according to a study presented at the “Household Wellbeing and Food Prices” session of the sixth African Economic Conference, which ended in Addis Ababa on Friday.
Categories: Ethiopia, Food Production, Climate Change
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
