BY GENEVIEVE APIO Kasim Sserugo, 53, is the chairman of Lubanja Mixed Dairy Farm, located in Lubanja Parish, Sekayonyi Subcounty, Mityana District, Uganda. Under the stewardship of Agriculture, Environment and Ecosystem (AGRENES) Lubanja dairy mixed farmers group was identified as a beneficiary of the Strengthening Agricultural Knowledge and Ecosystem Innovation for Inclusive...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT LILONGWE, MALAWI — Commitment to: Domestic resource mobilization at national, Continental regional level; mobilization of women and youth as drivers of extension and advisory services delivery; building and nurturing coalitions; building a critical mass of extension and advisory services providers. These are some of the key demands...
ASARECA has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for implementing the CAADP-XP4 Programme and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of a consultant to upgrade the current ASARECA KI-Hub to a robust DSpace 8/9 KI-hub. ASARECA now invites eligible Individual Consultants to ...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KIGALI, KAMPALA, NAIROBI & ADIS ABABA—In the first half of 2025, ASARECA, in collaboration with ILRI and partner projects including AICCRA and LEG4DEV, convened a series of national consultative workshops in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Uganda to co-design Climate-Smart Legume Production Guidelines and Manuals. These workshops were...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAKURU & NAIVASHA, KENYA—ASARECA and Farm Inputs Promotions Africa ( FiPs-Africa) on April 28 to May 1 supplied cuttings of 26,000 farmer preferred potato varieties including Shangi, Unica, and Wanjiku, 200 kgs of fertilizer and assorted pesticides to farmers and stakeholders in Marioshoni, Elbergon in Nakuru County...
BY GENEVIEVE APIO 26 MARCH 2025 – TANA RIVER COUNTY, KENYA – Participants, mainly farmers from Hola Irrigation Farmers' Cooperative have received training in Best Agronomic Practices during an Innovation Roadshow and Exhibition convened by ASARECA and partners KALRO and CIHEAM-BARI. The event under the WATDEV project was aimed at showcasing...
BY GENEVIEVE APIO 26 MARCH 2025 – TANA RIVER COUNTY, KENYA – Participants, mainly farmers from Hola Irrigation Farmers' Cooperative have received training in Best Agronomic Practices during an Innovation Roadshow and Exhibition convened by ASARECA and partners KALRO and CIHEAM-BARI. The event under the WATDEV project was aimed at showcasing...
BY GENEVIEVE APIO NYANDARUA & NUKURU, KENYA – MARCH 2, 2025 – In a transformative move to enhance market access and climate resilience among smallholder farmers, ASARECA, in collaboration with key partners, the National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK), Egerton University, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), and agriBORA,...
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...
