An African Development Bank team of experts visited Zambia from 23 to 27 July to identify businesses in the nation’s water and agriculture sectors eligible for new financing mechanisms it is offering to the southern  African nation. The team, led by Martin Fregene, Director of Agricultural...

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers across the continent new technologies with the potential to transform agricultural production. Adesina said the technology transfer was needed immediately  and that evidence from...

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, will be the keynote speaker at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), taking place from August 5-7, 2018 in Washington D.C., capital of the United States. Adesina will speak on "...

Tunisia and the African Development Bank have signed an agreement for the launch of a pilot project to use drones for data collection to enhance management of agricultural projects in the country. The project, to be implemented over the next ten months, would receive technical management...

The African Development Bank will on 26-27 July 2018, host “From Plan to Action,” a meeting on controlling Fall Armyworm in southern Africa. The meeting will bring together ministerial level government representatives and experts from the government of Zambia, the Food and Agriculture Organization...

The Launching Ceremony of the Pilot Project on the Use of Drones in Agricultural Development Projects will be attended by Tunisia’s Minister of Development and International Cooperation and Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Vice Mayor...

The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina is in Kenya on a state visit from –19-21 July 2018 to participate in high-level activities aimed at strengthening cooperation with the Kenyan Government and attract more private sector funding While in the country, he will hold...

The Agriculture Value Chain and Youth Empowerment Project (AVACYEP) is an integrated project to strengthen the capacity of rural communities to address the inter-linked challenges of food production, rural poverty, food insecurity and access to markets through the provision of horticulture and...