African Development Bank
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2016)
Reporting Period: 2016
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Social Achievements
- Launched GRAINE Programme to support agricultural cooperatives, aiming to increase food security, create jobs, and reduce poverty.
Governance Achievements
- Establishment of a Study Coordination Unit to manage the PASTA-PEJA study, ensuring transparency and accountability.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Make Gabon a top industrial crop product exporting country.
Short-term Goals:
- Achieve almost complete self-sufficiency in food products by 2025.
Environmental Challenges
- Gabon's heavy reliance on oil, resulting in a marginal agricultural sector and food insecurity.
- Low population density, ageing and unskilled rural workforce, and traditional non-intensive production systems.
- Unfavorable economic environment with high transportation costs and lack of decentralized trading facilities.
- Weak organization of producers, poorly organized agricultural research, and weak institutional capacity.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementation of the Emerging Gabon Strategic Plan 2025 (PSGE) to diversify the economy and transform the agricultural sector.
- Development of the GRAINE Programme to promote agricultural cooperatives and youth entrepreneurship.
- Establishment of a Study Coordination Unit to strengthen institutional capacity and improve project management.
- Investment in infrastructure (roads, markets, warehouses) and capacity building to improve value chains.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 13: Climate Action
The project contributes to these goals by improving food security, creating jobs, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.