Departments
Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE)
Commissioner
Mr. Moses Vilakati (Eswatini) was elected to head the Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) department. He served as a minister in Eswatini in both the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs in 2018 to 2023 prior to which he was the Minister of Agriculture2013 to 2018. Previously, he served as the Project Director at the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise, the Agribusiness Project Manager at EWADE, and Project Director and Lecturer at UNESWA.
He has a Master of Science (MSc) in Agriculture (International Development) from the California Polytechnic State University.
Structure
The Agriculture and Food Security Division coordinates the implementation of AU decisions related
The achievement of the Agenda 2063 Goals is at the center of sustainable development in Africa an
Activities
AMHEWAS increases early-warning products, moves to strengthen disaster preparedness further Meeting articulates the effective mechanisms for the co-production of AMHEWAS products
This training for the national experts is vital in establishing the national multi-hazard early warning and action situation room. The training took place in Lusaka, Zambia, from 01 – 04 April 2025.
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Agriculture and Rural Development Directorate of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment of the African Union Commission convened the Permanent Secretaries of Agriculture Leadership Dialogue in Lusaka Zambia from 10-12 April 2025.
The urgency of climate change compels us to revisit lost wisdom in the African Agricultural Sector. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki is African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems observes that extreme weather, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures threaten the staple crops that dominate global agriculture
This March 2025 in Bangui, Central African Republic, through its Ministry of Transport, hosted the twentieth PRESAC-2
Every planting season, women in our villages wake up before dawn, their hands rough from years of tilling the land. They labour tirelessly under the scorching sun, sowing maize, cassava, pearl millet, sorghum, cowpeas, or peanuts.
April 01, 2025 to April 04, 2025
January 09, 2025 to January 11, 2025
Extra-Ordinary Summit on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programmes in Kampala, Uganda
November 13, 2024
Date: 13 November 2024
Time: 14:15 -17:00
Venue: Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone in Baku, Azerbaijan
October 23, 2024 to October 25, 2024
Extra-Ordinary Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development Water and Environment (ARDWE)
October 21, 2024 to October 24, 2024
Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and the Eighth High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction.
What: African Union Agribusiness Yout
August 01, 2023 to August 04, 2023
April 13, 2023 to April 22, 2023
September 17, 2019 to September 20, 2019
Media
Department Resources
August 17, 2024
The close of the last decade saw a heightened concern by the global community around the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, cl
May 13, 2024
May 13, 2024
September 19, 2020
The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an
June 24, 2020
Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”
June 24, 2020
Violent extremism is a global issue.
April 08, 2025
December 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century.
September 24, 2024