BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ADDIS ABABA: The ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma has held talks with the Director General of the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute Prof. Nigussie Dechassa at his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Director General and the Executive Director discussed a number of strategic issues including sustainable...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: ASARECA in collaboration with the CGIAR are intensifying the drive to scale up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies, innovations and management practices to shape the delivery of resilient food systems in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA). During a pivotal Stakeholder Consultation and Validation Workshop in...
BY GENEVIEVE APIO KIKUUBE, UGANDA, September 27, 2025 — The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP), CARE International, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), and Makerere University College of Health Sciences, successfully...
BY MICHAEL WAKABI & BEN MOSES ILAKUT BULIISA & KIBAALE, UGANDA: With support from ASARECA, NARO, and global agricultural research for development partners under the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project (https://aiccra.cgiar.org/), communities in Kibaale and Buliisa embark on a new chapter of sustainable livestock improvement through Community-Based...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KASESE, WESTERN UGANDA—United States Dollars (USD) 8,276 in three seasons in one year. When Johny Benet Murangi and his son, Dedan Murangi, both farmers at the Mobuku-1 Irrigation Scheme in Kasese district in Southwestern Uganda, received soil moisture, temperature, nutrients, and salts monitoring tools from ASARECA and...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA, UGANDA: The introduction of a tool meant to enhance the capacity of researchers to predict crop performance viz-a-viz climatic conditions has placed Uganda in a favourable position to transform how farmers, policymakers, and agribusinesses respond to increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Known as the Climate Smart Agriculture Crop...
BY MICHAEL WAKABI & BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA, UGANDA: The success of Uganda’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Multi-Stakeholder Platform (UG-CSA-MSP) will depend entirely on how far stakeholders are willing to collaborate and coordinate their efforts, Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), has said. Speaking...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT How Black Soldier Fly (BSF) rearing is rewriting the script on how livestock, poultry, fish, and crops can be fed cost effectively using BSF larvae; how dissemination and value addition initiatives for clean cassava seed are defining the future of one of Africa’s leading staples and industrial...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KIBAALE & BULIISA—UGANDA: Goat farmers, agricultural extension officers, value chain actors and local leaders in the districts of Kibale District in Western Uganda and the oil rich Buliisa District also in Western Uganda have received a mindset changing training and sensitization on establishment of Community Based Breeding...
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAKURU—KENYA: Only four months since ASARECA and its national level partners introduced proven climate smart potato varieties to farmers in Marioshoni, Elbergon in Nakuru County and Murungaru in Nyandarua county of Kenya, results posted by the game-changing varieties, Shangi, Unica, and Wanjiku have caused excitement. According to Mr....
