All the objective of AAMC were met—says ASARECA Executive Director

All the targets set by ASARECA and its Governance Organs during the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)-2023 running from May 17 to 19, 2023 were archived, the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has said.

Responding to questions from journalists at the close of the AAMC-2023 on May 19, Dr. Warinda said the Line Ministers for Agricultural Research and Development in Member States signed a Joint Communiqué agreeing to all the prayers made to them by ASARECA Secretariat through the Board of Directors and the General Assembly.

Countires sign Joint Communique

The Ministers or their delegated authorities that signed the Joint Communique included Ministers of Agriculture of: The Republic of Burundi, Republic of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, State of Eritrea, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Madagascar, Republic of the Congo, Republic of Rwanda, Republic of South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Federal Republic of Somalia, and the Republic of Uganda.

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will sign at a later date, while Republic of the Sudan did not attend the AAMC due to the ongoing conflict back home in Sudan. These countries are all expected to sign into the resolutions.