BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT GIGIRI, NAIROBI, KENYA—Partnerships. Joint action. Collaboration. This semantic field, denoting effectively working together and underscoring the importance of leveraging competences and resources from multiple institutions and actors in the food systems resonated throughout the week-long CGIAR inaugural Science which just ended on April 12, at the United...
RECRUTEMENT DU DIRECTEUR EXÉCUTIF PROLONGATION DE LA DATE LIMITE DE CANDIDATURE Consultez l’annonce et la description complète du poste ci-dessous pour le recrutement du directeur exécutif de l’ASARECA. Veuillez noter que la date limite de candidature a été prolongée du 19 au 24 avril. Les informations de candidature ci-dessous, y compris le...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT DEBRE ZEIT, ETHIOPIA—The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Centra Africa (ASARECA), the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari) and the Italian Agency for Development Corporation (AICS) have joined Ethiopian partners, Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), Addis Ababa University,...
ENGLISH RECRUITMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXTENSION OF APPLICATION DEADLINE Refer to the Advertisement and Full Job description below for the recruitment of ASARECA Executive Director. Kindly note that the application deadline has been extended from 19th to 24th April. The application information below including the access link is still valid. The Association for Strengthening...
Julian Barungi, Wandabwa Wanyama & Ben Moses Ilakut NAIROBI, KENYA –ASARECA, in partnership with the European Commission, IFAD, CORAF, CCARDESA, FARA, and AFAAS on March 25, 2025 hosted a pivotal side event during the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The event, titled “Regional Policy Roundtable on Enhancing the...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ENTEBBE, UGANDA: ASARECA Interim Executive Director, Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma on March 6, 2025 received the Director General (DG) Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU), Dr. Samson Musonerimana at ASARECA Secretariat offices in Entebbe Uganda. The Director General was accompanied by the Director for Research, ISABU,...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: ASARECA Acting Board of Directors Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Kipyego Cheluget together with the Interim Executive Director, Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma and the Director General, Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) have held a meeting with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Agriculture and Livestock Development...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA—ASARECA Interim Executive Director, Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma has highlighted the importance of Agricultural Research and Development (AR4D) in the integration of economies in the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions. “Our Regional Economic Communities are promoting free...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT MUSANZE, RWANDA: ASARECA Interim Executive Director, Dr. Syslvester Dickson Baguma has handed over 2.5 tons of Quality Certified potato seed, 11 spraying pumps, 200kgs of fertilizer, and assorted pesticides to 300 farmers belonging to the Dukomeze Ubuzima Cooperative, in Shingiro, Musanze, Rwanda. Handing over the kitty during a...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT SEKEM FARM, BELBIES, EGYPT: ASARECA, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari) and the Italian Agency for Development Corporation (AICS) on February 2 and 3rd, 2025 joined Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture...
