Author - GENEVIEVE APIO
30May

Africa Potato Conference casts potato, sweet potato into continental spotlight for food & nutrition security, trade

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA, UGANDA—Strong public private partnerships to crowd in dedicated investments into new potato varieties with a focus to commercialize them, aligning national policies to regional and international policies to stimulate market access, promoting a tripartite linkage for Government, the private sector and farmers (including extension services), mainstreaming...

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19May

From Struggle to Success: How a Dairy Innovation Hub Transformed a Farming Community

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...

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16May

7th Africa-wide Agricultural Extension Week resonates the call for more investment and alignment of Extension to CAADP livelihoods goals

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...

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12May

ToRs for Consultancy Services to upgrade ASARECA Knowledge & Information Hub (KI-Hub) to DSpace Ki-Hub

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 ...

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12May

ASARECA and ILRI Lead Regional Consultations to Co-Design Climate-Smart Legume Production Guidelines in Eastern Africa

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...

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Farmers Marioshoni, Elbergon in Nakuru County, Kenya receive rooted apical cuttings (RAC) for seed multiplication
07May

ASARECA, KALRO scale out cutting edge potato innovations among Kenyan farmers, thanks to European Union, IFAD funding

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...

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04May

WATDEV Project Promotes Agroforestry and Water Management Best Management Practices for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood systems in Tana River County Kenya

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...

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04May

WATDEV Project Promotes Agroforestry and Water Management Best Management Practices for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood systems in Tana River County Kenya

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...

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03May

ASARECA and partners train Farmers on use of Digital Platforms, Certified Potato Seed, and Climate-Smart Innovations for Market Linkages in Kenya

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,...

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12Apr

Call for Effective Partnerships, Political Will, Science and Innovation Dominate CGIAR Inaugural Science Week

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...

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