ETHIOPIA – The African Development Bank Group and Japan are supporting a regenerative agriculture initiative in Ethiopia that is helping smallholder farmers increase crop yields, restore degraded soils and strengthen climate resilience through sustainable farming practices and digital agriculture technologies. The project, being implemented in the Jimma Zone of southwestern Ethiopia, is funded through the ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful tools reshaping agriculture across Africa, offering farmers new ways to improve productivity, manage climate risks, access finance and make better-informed decisions. While Africa remains home to vast agricultural potential, productivity continues to lag behind global averages. According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), cereal yields ...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Brazil have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding cooperation in agriculture, health, climate resilience, education, renewable energy and private sector development across Africa. The agreement, signed in Abidjan, establishes a long-term framework for collaboration between the AfDB and Brazil’s Cooperation Agency, combining the Bank’s ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $140 million loan to support a major irrigation and agricultural development programme in Uganda, aimed at strengthening food security, increasing climate resilience and creating thousands of jobs. The financing, provided through the African Development Fund, will support the Uganda Multipurpose Water for Climate Resilient Irrigation Development and ...

Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programme Gains Momentum as Investment and Disbursement Increase. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed $86 million to the implementation of Nigeria’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme, reinforcing efforts to transform the country’s agricultural sector through industrialisation, value addition and private-sector investment. The funding commitment was disclosed during the SAPZ ...

BOOST project launch signing ceremony group photo with Bank Group and WFP colleagues including AfDB East Africa Director General Alex Mubiru (far left), WFP Sudan Country Director, Abdallah Alwardat (4thfrom L) and David Muthusi Mutuku, AfDB Sudan Country Manager (5th from L). SUDAN – The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the United Nations World ...

A coalition of 30 civil society organisations has called on the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to strengthen transparency, accountability, and environmental safeguards as it prepares to deploy $24 billion in agricultural financing over the next decade. The appeal comes amid growing debate over how Africa should finance its agricultural transformation while balancing food security, ...

The agreement, signed on 18 February 2026 in Abuja, bolsters a shared commitment to modernise African agriculture by scaling proven technologies, strengthening seed systems, and expanding partnerships. ABUJA, Nigeria, February 26, 2026/ — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a $16.61 million grant agreement ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $200 million loan to fund the second phase of Nigeria’s National Agricultural Growth Scheme – Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP), aimed at boosting agricultural productivity, strengthening value chains, and promoting climate-smart farming practices. The approval follows an earlier financing under the Bank Group’s African Emergency Food Production Facility and will ...

The African Development Bank Group has reinforced its leadership in climate-resilient farming by convening a high-level continental forum focused on accelerating the adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) across Africa. The virtual Forum on Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture for African Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change brought together nearly 390 participants from 34 African countries and 10 non-regional ...