Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) sealed a memorandum of understanding for future collaboration to promote agricultural infrastructure development and skills training for women and youth.
The agreement will also advance climate-smart agriculture in Africa.
FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu and BADEA Director-General Sidi Ould Tah signed the agreement on 29 April in a virtual ceremony during a high-level dialogue organized by the African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa and the CGIAR global partnership.
”Africa is a top priority for FAO,” said Qu Dongyu. With this agreement, “we want to modernise Africa’s agriculture, and make it more efficient, more inclusive and more sustainable,” he added.
AfDB to boost water security in the Greater Horn of Africa
AfDB to boost water security in the Greater Horn of Africa
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), held a webinar to discuss the pressures affecting water security in the Greater Horn of Africa and how the Bank can support regional member countries to better respond to growing water stress.
The virtual discussion was hosted by the Bank’s Water Development and Sanitation Department and the African Water Facility. The event was underpinned by several studies indicating that pressures on water supplies will continue to mount in the coming decades as a result of demographic change, urbanization, environmental degradation, stoking demand for food, energy and land.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional organisation of Horn of Africa countries, recently held a webinar to discuss the pressures affecting water security in the Greater Horn of Africa and how the Bank can support regional member countries to better respond to growing water stress.
The virtual discussion was hosted by the Bank’s Water Development and Sanitation Department and the African Water Facility.
The event was underpinned by several studies indicating that pressures on water supplies will continue to mount in the coming decades as a result of demographic change, urbanisation, environmental degradation, stoking demand for food, energy and land.
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