Member Governments Challenged to Optimise Benefits of ASARECA
GIANT2023-08-03T12:51:21+00:00The Ministers endorsed all the Executive Director’s prayers including resolutions on payment of outstanding financial arrears to ASARECA to zero balance by March 2024; supporting regional Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) initiatives; endorsement of ASARECA to coordinate CGIAR activities in Member States. KAMPALA—Uganda’s Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, has challenged his fellow Ministers in Eastern and Central Africa to pay-up membership fees arrears to the Association for...
Minister Calls for Impactful and Transformative Agricultural Research
GIANT2023-07-26T09:35:22+00:00The ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC) closed on May 19, 2023, with a call on scientists to engage in research that easily benefits the intended beneficiarfies—the farmers. The call was made by Uganda’s Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Frank Timwebaze while addressing over 350 delegetes during the closing ceremony of the AAMC, which started on May 17, with Governance discussions, climaxing into the Council of Patron Minsters...
All the objective of AAMC were met—says ASARECA Executive Director
GIANT2023-07-26T09:41:16+00:00All the targets set by ASARECA and its Governance Organs during the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)-2023 running from May 17 to 19, 2023 were archived, the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has said. Responding to questions from journalists at the close of the AAMC-2023 on May 19, Dr. Warinda said the Line Ministers for Agricultural Research and Development in Member States signed a Joint Communiqué agreeing to all the prayers...
ASARECA consults stakeholders on next Medium Term Plan
GIANT2023-07-26T09:48:27+00:00ASARECA is holding a consultative workshop (17-19, July 2023) for its stakeholders to generate and share data and information as part of the process of reviewing the performance of its Medium Term Operational Plan 1 (MTOP-1), which ends in December 2023. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda said the consultations will culminate into the development of the Medium Term Plan 2 (MTOP-2), which is...