Author - GENEVIEVE APIO

How ASARECA, FARA, EAAF are stimulating uptake of innovations rural agriculture-based livelihoods in Uganda

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...

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A cross section of the goat stock belonging to one of the successful farmers in Buseesa in Kibaale

ASARECA, ICARDA, ILRI, NARO move to boost goat productivity via community breeding of indigenous goats

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...

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How Africa, European Union partnership is boosting potato technologies for income and nutrition security in rural Kenya

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....

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Regional Trainers Empowered to Champion Climate-Smart Agriculture through Agroecology ToT in Uganda

BY GENEVIEVE APIO Kampala, Uganda | July 14–18, 2025 – Over 30 Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) from six ASARECA partner states, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Cameroon, gathered in Kampala for an intensive 5-day Regional ToT on Integrated Pest and Disease Management and Agroecology. Among the participants were 9 youth,...

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Dr. Bagabe (Front left) and RAB DG, Ndabamenye with CGIAR and ASARECA staff during the Dialogue

ASARECA Private Sector Dialogue generates critical inputs into the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies discourse

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KIGALI, RWANDA—"Countries don’t fail because they lack policies to facilitate agricultural productivity and open up access to markets. They fail because they lack strong political will to ensure technologies from research are profitable.” This is one of powerful messages that was delivered during the Private sector Dialogue...

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How ASARECA, European Union and World Bank last mile initiatives are flashing a ray of hope to Rwandan Potato farmers

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT MUSANZE, RWANDA: Farmers in Shingiro in Musanze District, Rwanda are upbeat following an unprecedented bumper harvest of the much-coveted potato varieties Cyerekezo and Ndamira. During the first week of June 2025, the farmers, most of them members of Dukomeze Ubuzima Cooperative facilitated by ASARECA, Seed Potato Fund-Ikigega...

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Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma Appointed Substantive ASARECA Executive Director

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ENTEBBE, UGANDA—The ASARECA Board of Directors have appointed Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma as the Substantive Executive Director of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA).  The full Board of Directors, comprising the Directors General of the National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) of...

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Terms of Reference for Review and Completion of Draft ASARECA Regional Intellectual Property & Data Sharing Policy

ASARECA has received financing from the European Union through IFAD for implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP-XP4) Programme and from the World Bank for implementing the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project (https://aiccra.cgiar.org/) in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. The...

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Terms of Reference for Individual Consultancy Services for Development of ASARECA’s Regional Climate Smart Agriculture Scaling Strategy

ASARECA has received financing from the World Bank for implementing the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project (https://aiccra.cgiar.org/) in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. The AIICRA Project intends to apply part of the proceeds for the development of A regional CSA Scaling...

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ASARECA and CGIAR Deepen Collaboration to Drive Agricultural Transformation in Eastern and Central Africa

BY GENEVIEVE APIO Kampala, Uganda — May 2025 ASARECA continues to play a pivotal role in fostering regional collaboration with CGIAR centers to promote agricultural transformation, resilience, and food security in Eastern and Central Africa. Over the years, ASARECA has built a strong and strategic relationship with CGIAR partners, working together to...

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