ASARECA, Heliopolis University Conduct Farmer Training in Rural Egypt

ASARECA, Heliopolis University Conduct Farmer Training in Rural Egypt

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT CAIRO, EGYPT: ASARECA on February 4 and 5, 2024 joined Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University, and the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) in an awareness and dissemination workshop meant to share knowledge acquired by selected trainers of trainees during their training with farmers, the local communities...

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ASARECA Board Chair and TARI DG, Dr. Mkamilo is dead

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ASARECA Board of Directors Chairman, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo is dead. Makamilo, who until recently was the Director General Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), died on the morning of Saturday March 2, 2024 at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma, Tanzania.   Announcing Dr. Mkamilo’s passing on, ASARECA Board of Directors Vice...

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Agriculture Ministers Commit to Clear USD 2 Million Arrears to Finance Joint Initiatives

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: Agriculture Line Ministers from 15 ASARECA Member States on February 15, 2024 committed to establish, support and finance a Regional Innovation Fund to resource Regional Mega-Priority Projects and Regional Centres of Excellence implemented by the Member States and Coordinated by the ASARECA Secretariat. The commitment came...

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ASARECA Agriculture Ministers hold 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers’ Meeting in Kenya

 BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: Agriculture Line Ministers from 15 ASARECA Member States have held the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers (3rd CPM) Meeting in Kenya’s Capital, Nairobi. The Meeting of the highest Governing Organ of the Association with a clear mandate to provide guidance to ASARECA on regional and...

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Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Officially Announces ASARECA Agriculture Ministers Meeting

Hon. Mithika Linturi briefing Media in his Office in Nairobi, Kenya. BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT & GENEVIEVE APIO   NAIROBI, KENYA: “Africa is endowed with water, food, resilient varieties, fantastic climate, and a youthful population. We Africans must therefore leverage on our strength to produce enough food to feed ourselves and the whole...

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Press Release: Kenya Announces ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers

The Republic of Kenya through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development in collaboration with the Inter-governmental Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), will hold the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers Meeting on February 15th, 2024 at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Download...

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Kenya to Host 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers’ Meeting

                                  BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Republic of Kenya in collaboration with the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) will hold the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers Meeting on February 15, 2024 at Safari Park Hotel in...

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