ASARECA Newsletter Vol.55: We Did Well Because of You. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Dear AR4D colleagues, It is again the time of the year to thank you for the support rendered to the Association. Allow me to assure you that your contribution is highly valued. As we wind up the year, I would like to acknowledge your various roles and efforts in enabling us achieve our targets for the year. Permit me therefore, to highlight a few milestones, which we wouldn't have attained without...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.54: Mobilizing Agricultural Transformation Potential in our Region
Dear AR4D colleagues, ASARECA Board OF Directors Vice Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Cheluget and I have since October this year made important visits to Member States to seek audience with our Patrons, the Ministers in charge of Agriculture. In all our visits which have seen us meet the Ministers for Eritrea, Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda, they key issues of discussion are the same, namely: Finding mechanisms for sustainable financing of ASARECA; strengthening...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.53 : Taking the Path towards Sustainable Agriculture Financing
Dear AR4D colleagues, During the May 2023 ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC), the Ministers, among other things, resolved to ensure that Member States would take responsibility for financial sustainability of the Association by clearing all outstanding membership arears. Over the last two months, the ASARECA Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget and I have held discussions with Agriculture line Ministers in Member States as a follow up on agreed actions....
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.52 : Taking deliberate steps towards agricultural transformation
Dear AR4D colleagues, The story of Ethiopia’s move to wheat self-sufficiency is an inspiring African Story that must be told whenever it is opportune. The second largest wheat producer in Africa, Ethiopia was faced with a wheat demand curve, which was outstripping domestic supply and forced the country to cover about 30 % of the deficit through commercial imports and food aid. This set in the bad economics high foreign exchange...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.51 : Keeping the Youth and Women in Focus in AR4D agenda
Dear AR4D colleagues, This is yet another opportunity to bring you up-to-speed with what is happening in the Agricultural Research for Development landscape. This month, we held a four-day Policy Dialogue on Promoting Gender and Climate Responsiveness in Agricultural Policy Formulation and Implementation in Nairobi, Kenya. During the dialogue, it emerged that our stakeholders are passionate about addressing specific needs, priorities and realities of women, men, and the youth while formulating...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.50 : Defining ASARECA’s Strategic Priorities for Next Five Years
Dear AR4D colleagues, ASARECA is in the process of developing its Second Medium Term Operational Plan One (MTOP-1) for the next five years (2024-2028). ASARECA is operating under a ten-year Strategy covering the period 2019-2028. The Strategy is operationalized using two Medium-Term Operational Plans, each covering five years. ASARECA developed the first Medium Term Operational Plan One (MTOP-1) covering the period 2019-2023 at the end of 2018 which is giving way...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.49 : Turning water scarcity into a tool for resilience
Dear AR4D colleagues, This month we joined our Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University, in a workshop to validate Best Management Practices with Egyptian stakeholders, including farmers under the WATDEV Project. The objective of the meeting held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, was to create awareness to enhance the implementation of selected Best Management Practices and innovations in the local communities of the study areas where Best Management Practices and Innovations will be studied and...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.48 : Thank You for Participating in the Ministerial Conference
Dear AR4D colleagues, Thank you for all for Participating in the ASARECA AAMC I would like most heartily to thank you all in your various capacities, for participating during ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference held at Speke Resort, Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda from May 17-19, 2023. I note from the onset that all the objectives of the AAMC were met. These include:
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.47 : Uganda Announces ASARECA Ministerial Conference
Dear AR4D colleagues, The Government of Uganda on May 16 announced that the country was set to host the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC), which will take place at Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, on 17th – 19th May 2023. Addressing the country at Uganda Government Media Centre in the Capital, Kampala, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Fred Bwiino Kyakulaga, informed the country that the conference would...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.46 : You are Welcome to Participate in the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)
Dear delegates, The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a Sub-Regional Inter-Governmental Organization of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) of 14 Member States namely: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Member States have mandated ASARECA to regionally coordinate and convene human, physical, financial...