The African Development Bank’s Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program is gaining increasing recognition as stories emerge of its impact across the continent. The acclaim for TAAT is timely coinciding with the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, where the African Development Bank will be showcasing its role as a global leader when it comes to climate action. TAAT has been instrumental in supporting communities who have been left vulnerable by weather patterns linked to climate change.
The innovative agricultural initiative has provided 11 million farmers across 29 African countries with technologies such as drought-resistant maize, heat-resistant wheat, higher-yielding seed varieties and seed treatments to protect against pests like the fall armyworm, which has been devastating African crops in waves of hungry, winged swarms.
The TAAT program recently gained global recognition when a digital campaign demonstrating its impact was awarded a Golden Stevie prize from the International Business Awards for a video series that chronicles TAAT’s impact. The 2021 International Business Awards drew more than 3,700 nominations from 65 nations.
AFDB’s video series chronicling TAAT’s impact, was streamed during the 2021 High-level Dialogue on Feeding Africa. (April 2021) The videos told the stories of farmers who have benefited from the program. They were beamed to more than a dozen Heads of State, global leaders and thousands of high-level online participants.
The validation workshop organised by FARA presented the TAAT Online Learning Materials:
- Aquaculture Compact - Mono sex Tilapia Production and Management
- Cassava Production and Weed Management
- Rice compact
- Dual-Purpose Sorghum & Millet Varieties
- Livestock Compact
- Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato
- Wheat Compact
- Soil Enabler
- High Iron Beans (HIB)
- Business Plan enabler
Recording: https://fb.watch/90LsuFwiKy/
Video: AFDB video series:
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