2017 African Development Bank Annual Meetings - "Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa"

Reflecting the significance of agriculture in Africa and in the Bank’s development work, the 2017 Annual Meetings will be held on the theme: “Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa.”

Ahmedabad, India — The 2017 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will be held on May 22-25, 2017 in Ahmedabad, India. The Annual Meetings are Bank's largest annual event and serve to raise the profile of the institution on the global stage.

AGRF Nairobi Communiqué - Decisions and Commitments from the 2016 African Green Revolution Forum.

AGRF

The Sixth African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 9 September, 2016. It attracted more than 1500 delegates from 40 countries.

Zimbabwe: Dineo Aftermath - Stranded Zimbabwe Families 'Airlifted to Safety'

Stranded Zimbabwe Families 'Airlifted to Safety'

Two Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopters were deployed to airlift to safety at least 50 families stranded by floods this weekend in the southern district of Tsholotsho, a minister said.

Nigeria, Three Others May Lose 1.4 Million Children to Famine in 2017 - UN

Nigerians face famine.

The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, on Monday said that 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria and three other countries. The three other countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

African Green Revolution Forum Today

AGRF

Today, across Africa, big things are happening on the millions of small family farms that are Africa’s main source of food, employment, and income.

Farmers express anxiety as IITA hands over aflasafe for commercialization

IITA

 Nigerian farmers have expressed fear over the Institute of International Tropical Agriculture ( IITA) preparedness  to commercialize aflasafe into mitigating aflatoxin  infestation of grain crops saying the decision should be given a second thought especially in the face of adulteration that ravaging of seeds production sub sector.

South Africa: Agriculture to Assist in SA's GDP Growth - Treasury

Jacob Zuma

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is set to play a crucial role in the growth of the country's gross domestic product, according to the 2017 Budget Speech.

Kenya: 3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

Close to 3 million Kenyans are in need of relief assistance, official said. The Secretary of Communication and State House Spokesperson, Mr Manoah Esipisu, in his weekly address to the media in Nairobi on Sunday, said the number had doubled from 1.3 million in August 2016.

Kaduna state joins wheat race, says Lake Chad Institute boss

Kaduna State governor

The Executive Director, Lake Chad Research Institute, Dr. Oluwasina Olabanji has said that Kaduna state Government in its economy diversification efforts was about to finish planting five thousand hectares of wheat to upscale productivity towards substituting import bill of four billion naira annually.

Strategies to Feed Africa & Provide Jobs for Youths - AfDB As part of the African Development Bank's High 5 Agenda, the Bank in 2016 elaborated on two of its strategies to transform agriculture and to provide jobs for youths on the continent. Its "Feed Africa" - a strategy for agricultural transformation in Africa (2016-2025) seeks to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa by 2025 and make Africa a net food exporter while moving the continent to the top of export-orientated global value chains where it has comparative advantage. The Bank also sees the potential benefits of Africa's youth population unrealized. In its Jobs for Youth in Africa - Creating 25 Million Jobs and Equipping 50 Million Youth (2016-2025), the Bank aims to catalyze the best set of options for Africa to promote transformative and inclusive growth, where the youth are the drivers of the required transformation and responsible for their own positive economic and social outcomes. More about the AfDB in this

Families queue for food in Badbado IDP camp, Mogadishu

As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe.