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Washington, DC As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the worlds food supplyfeeding more than a billion additional people without converting natural spaces into farmland, according to a new study by Carnegies Lorenzo Rosa published in Environmental Research Letters. Population trends indicate that we will need to double …
Global interest for investments in Indian infrastructure is very much alive: Ghulam Zia, Executive Director, Knight Frank at IACC Annual Convention 2018 Mumbai, September 21, 2018: Indian infrastructure is very much alive in the minds of global players who continue to show keen interest in investing in the sector, said Ghulam Zia, Executive Director, Knight …
Addressing a standing room only crowd of global agriculture experts at the FAO headquarters in Rome, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina,says the answer is a resounding yes! He believes Africa does not need aid but disciplined investments. According to this grandson of a subsistence farmer, he …
Israel-India ‘Bridge to Innovation’ program launches six winning Israeli startups in India New Delhi, 2 August 2018: The growing India-Israel relationship took a step further as six Israeli startups with innovative technologies in the fields of healthcare, agriculture and water management interacted with various Indian businesses. The innovation week 23-27 July was jointly started over …
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 30 November 2017 – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) have announced a new three-year partnership agreement. The agreement comes on the heels of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (2014-2017) in which the two organizations committed to deliver major eco-conservation programmes for Africa. Commenting on …
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). In this interview, she speaks on the seventh African Green Revolution Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 4-8 September 2017; how to mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture; the Bank’s Feed Africa Strategy, and other …
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 28 July 2017 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will invest US $24 billion dollars in agriculture as part of its Feed Africa programme- a strategy for agricultural development in Africa. President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, said this in a speech he delivered at the 50th anniversary celebration of the International …
From: 04/09/2017 To: 08/09/2017 Venue: Abidjan The 2017 Africa Green Revolution Forum will be held from September 4-8 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and aims to stress the capacity of agriculture and agribusiness to drive inclusive and sustainable rural development in Africa. The Forum will spotlight the important role agriculture and agribusiness play in current efforts …
Ahmedabad, India, May 22, 2017 – India is the perfect place for the African Development Bank to focus on the transformative power of agriculture, Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has told the African, Indian and international press. “India is an inspiration to Africa, in that its Green Revolution took just three years. That was in large …
Leading sustainable agriculture event reports 35% increase in visitor numbers as global food security issue aggravates Abu Dhabi, UAE, 1 March 2016: More than 6,000 visitors from 96 countries took part in the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) which saw dozens of presentations and panel discussions designed to help tackle world hunger. The …