KAMPALA, UGANDA: Africa has the youngest population in the world, and it is growing fast. By 2055, the continent’s youth population (aged 15-24), is expected to be more than double the 2015 total of 226 million. Yet the continent remains stubbornly inhospitable politically, economically, and socially to young people. This stark reality was sounded...
Uganda’s Minister of Water and Environment, Hon. Sam Cheptoris is shown the land given to NBI by the government before handing over to the NBI Executive Director "ASARECA and NBI partnership is strategic because a part from Egypt, all the 11 Nile Basin countries, including Eritrea, the observer member, are part of the ASARECA 14 member states. “Our farmers...
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) and ASARECA have held ice-breaking talks to explore areas of mutual interest and collaboration. In a meeting on November 18, in Entebbe, Uganda, ASARECA Interim Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda, and the NBI Executive Director Eng. Sylvester Matemu, agreed that both institutions deal with efficient use...
The Nile Basin Discourse Regional Manager, Dr. Hellen Natu (left) paid a courtesy call on ASARECA Interim Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda The structure in which NBD operates and coordinates with member countries is similar in many ways to the way ASARECA operates with its constituents By Ben Moses Ilakut. The Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) Regional Manager, Dr....
ENTEBBE: The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Enock Warinda as the substantive Executive Director of the Association. Following deliberations during their 31st Ordinary Board of Directors meeting in Entebbe, Uganda on December 13, 14, 2021, the Board unanimously agreed that Dr. Warinda...
I would like to inform you all about some transitional changes within the ASARECA Secretariat. Professor Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda resigned as the Executive Director of ASARECA on 19thApril 2021, after serving the Organization for 30 months. To ensure business continuity in the implementation of the organization’s mandate and smooth...
ACCRA – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has pledged its commitment to providing support for Africa’s climate-smart agriculture agenda. Speaking at the Biennial Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) stakeholders conference organized by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Dr. Ade Freeman, Regional Program Leader, FAO Regional Office for Africa, called on...
The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and CABI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable both organisations to jointly work towards promoting their shared objectives and areas of strategic focus in Eastern and Central Africa.The signed MoU formalises and strengthens a...
The locust invasion situation in East Africa remains alarming as new swarms from current breeding are expected to form from mid-June onwards, coinciding with the start of the harvest season.Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia continue to face unprecedented threat to food security as the region battles with the impacts of COVID...
The United Nations has predicted that the second wave of locusts expected in June-July in East Africa could be 20 times worse Delays in obtaining pesticides, helicopters, and other vital supplies have set back efforts to combat East Africa’s worst desert locust outbreak in decades. Speaking to the UN Security Council last week, David Beasley,...
