13-Sep-2017
AfDB pledges US $540 million in support of Chad, making it one of the largest donors at Paris roundtable
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will provide US $540 million for Chad's new National Development Plan (NDP). The Bank also offered Chad the possibility of raising additional financing through its private-sector window for commercially viable private sector projects or public-private...
Le Département de l’agriculture et de l’agro-industrie (AHAI) de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a le plaisir de vous convier à la cérémonie officielle de lancement du « Programme de la Banque africaine de développement et de l’Institut Brésil-Afrique sur la formation technique des...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a new youth training drive in partnership with the Brazil-Africa Institute to train young farmers (aged 18-35 years) in commodity processing, financial literacy and management techniques. The initiative aims at providing the much-needed stimulus...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is intensifying its financing for the production of crops with the highest potential for industrializing the African agriculture. Top on the list is cassava, which could be used to produce ethanol for industrial use and other frequently utilized home products...
11-Sep-2017
AGRF 2017 : réduire les pertes post-récoltes en Afrique, cet autre facteur qui nourrit la pauvreté
Si l’Afrique veut mettre fin à la faim d’ici à 2025, elle doit mettre un terme aux importantes pertes agricoles post-récoltes, qui représentent jusqu’à 30 % de sa production, ont martelé des experts, jeudi 7 septembre 2017, au quatrième jour de la 7e édition du Forum pour la révolution...
Agriculture projects developed for Africa must be bankable and incentivized in order to attract private investors who seek to make profit, and the youth who seek employment. This was the key message shared by Jennifer Blanke, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the...
African leaders and partners in the agriculture sector have validated the Feed Africa Strategy of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a viable tool towards the transformation of agriculture on the continent. President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire and his counterpart from ...
Tackling climate change in Africa will work effectively if efforts are first geared towards eliminating challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent, experts say. The problem of climate change and how it has affected the continent’s agriculture sector was one of the key topics at...
Le Prix africain de l’alimentation a été décerné mercredi 6 septembre 2017, en marge du Forum pour la révolution verte africaine (AGRF), qui a ouvert ses portes lundi 4 septembre 2017 à Abidjan. Et ce prix est revenu à deux lauréates, la Kenyane Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o et la Malienne Maimouna Sidibé...