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 ...

A happy woman in the middle of her wheat field produced under the Bank’s TAAT programme When he received the World Food Prize in Des Moines, USA, in October 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina announced a landmark initiative to help feed Africa: the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme. He described TAAT ...

In the wheat fields of northern Nigeria’s Jigawa State, a transformation is taking root. Local farmers cultivate heat-tolerant wheat varieties that thrive despite temperatures reaching 40 °C. As seen in the aerial video, this represents just one facet of the country’s agricultural renaissance. With the launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Phase 1 program in ...

Top development organisations have pledged to forge partnerships to expand the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS), an initiative aimed at building resilient African food systems based on diverse, nutritious, and climate-adapted crops grown in healthy soils. On the sidelines of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit in Nairobi, the African Union’s Commissioner ...