ENTEBBE: ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda received leaders of a farmer group in Eastern Uganda on Monday January 29, 2024 at ASARECA Secretariat offices in Entebbe, Uganda.
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on 18 January 2024 held discussions with the Nile Basin Discourse Regional Manager, Eng . Sylvester Anthony Matemu at ASARECA secretariat offices in Entebbe, Uganda.
Ms. Nakiwala Saniya Nalongo, 60, from Bubanzi village,Nsambya Parish, Kakindu sub-county, Mityana district, has been widowed for 13-years. She got interested in pumpkin farming as a business when she learnt that Mr. Magezi, the chairperson of an organised group, St. Joseph’s farmers group, had registered some successes in pumpkin farming. The...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
