ASARECA Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, Ambassador, Kipyego Cheluget on October 12, held talks with AGRA Acting Vice-President in charge of Programmes, Prof. Jean Jaques Mbonigaba Muhinda, at AGRA offices in Nairobi, Kenya. The talks centred around close collaboration between the two institutions to leverage complementarities, avoid publication and wastage of resources...
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on September 21, 2023 held discussions with the Minister of Agriculture, the State of Eritrea Hon. Arefaine Berhe at Ministry of Agriculture offices in the Capital, Asmara. The minister was flanked by Mr. Amanuel Negassi, the Special Advisor to the Minister, who is also the...
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on October 11, 2023 held discussions with the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda Hon. Dr. Ildephonse Musafiri at the Ministry of Agriculture in Kigali Rwanda. The Minister was flanked by the Chief Technical Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Mr. Eric Gatera...
Kisakye Anthony, 24, Kyambogo village, Zirobwe east Parish, Zirobwe subcounty, Luwero district is a youth digital connector with a business model on Electronic delivery of Irrigation and Water Management Extension Services in digitizing Agriculture in his community by use of mobile apps like WhatsApp, and Facebook for farmers to access...
Participants during the Policy Dialogue on Promoting Gender and Climate Responsiveness in Agricultural Policy Formulation and Implementation (August 28, 2023), Nairobi, Kenya. BEN MOSES ILAKUT The Dialogue is organized under the auspices of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project NAIROBI, KENYA—ASARECA and partners have committed to address specific needs, priorities and realities of...
Research shows that women and youth are not accessing CSA technologies to the same extent as men and their adoption remains low ASARECA is promoting gender and climate responsiveness in agricultural policy formulation and implementation to ensure that CSA technologies and innovations reach more women and youth and contribute to improving their...
Participants during the WATDEV Sensitization meeting held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, Egypt ASARECA today (July 30, 2023) joined Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University, in a workshop to validate Best Management Practices with Egyptian stakeholders, including farmers under the WATDEV Project. The meeting held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, Desert Road, attracted...
The 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. BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA—Uganda’s Minister of State for Agriculture,...
Researchers from the NARIs, Policy experts and influencers, Knowledge Management practitioners, and capacity development experts at the workshop ENTEBBE--ASARECA 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...
Positions to fill in ASARECA The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is seeking to fill two attractive positions namely: (1) Head of Finance and (2) Executive Assistant to the Executive Director. The Head of Finance will report directly to the Executive Director, and provide overall financial management and counsel...
