Statement by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Republic of Kenya and Chairman ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers (CPM)

Statement by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Republic of Kenya and Chairman ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers (CPM)

ENTEBBE, UGANDA: Following the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers Meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya on February 15, 2024, which elected me as the ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers’ Chairman, I have today April 4, 2024 on behalf of my colleagues in the 15 Member States visited the ASARECA Secretariat...

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ASARECA Ministers’ Chair, Hon. Mithika Vows to Kick-start Construction of ASARECA Building  

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT Dr. Enock Warinda (R) shows Hon. Mithika Linturi around the site for the planned ASARECA Headquarters’ building in Entebbe on April 4, 2024 ENTEBBE, UGANDA: “I will mobilise my colleagues, the Agriculture Ministers to ensure that ASARECA gets a befitting home.” These were the words of Hon. Mithika...

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ASARECA Ministers’ Chair, Hon. Mithika rallies States to establish Agriculture Innovation Fund

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT (L-R) Dr. Denis Onkundi, Mithika’s Technical Advisor; Ms Doris Komen, Commercial Attaché, Kenya High Commission in Uganda, Hon. Mithika Linturi; Mr. Richard Mutwota, First Counsellor, Kenya High Commission in Uganda (immediate right to Dr. Mithika on back row); Dr. Enock Warinda; Dr. Wellington Mulinge of the Kenya...

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ASARECA Secretariat Joins Family TARI to Mourn Departed Board Chairman, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo

The ASARECA staff joined the family and the staff of Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) in Mourning ASARECA departed Board of Directors Chairman and former TARI Director General, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo at his ancestral home in Mafulila village, Kilindi District, Dodoma, Tanzania. Representing the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda and ASARECA...

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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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