Items Tagged with 'African Development Bank'

The recent Borlaug Dialogue and World Food Prize given to Dr. Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, focused on the importance of helping the continent become self-sufficient in food production.

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2017 – Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has been announced as the winner of the 2017 World Food Prize.

The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission—unchanged since 1913—is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Global food security, one of the Foundation’s major focuses, will be front and center when Dr. Raj Shah joins the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) as its new President effective March 1, 2017.