High-Level Sustainable Agriculture Dialogue Addresses Urgent Need for Change
Kampala, Uganda — October 17th, 2023 Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and under the leadership of the Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, is convening a Regional Common Ground Regional Dialogue for Mainstreaming Sustainable Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa held in Kampala, Uganda. This event, under the theme...
Uganda to host ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)
KAMPALA, Uganda—May 8, 2023: ASARECA will hold the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC), a flagship event incorporating three leading ASARECA platforms namely: (i) The ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers (CPM) Meeting, (ii) the ASARECA General Assembly, (iii) and the ASARECA Scientific Conference. This year’s AAMC is the inaugural episode. Henceforth, the twin event will become biennial. The three-day event will be hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and...
Statement by ASARECA Board of Directors Chairman, Dr. Godffrey Mkamilo, on Changes in ASARECA
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 transition:
FAO to Partner with FARA and Continental Institutions to push the African CSA Agenda
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 FARA to lead the charge to drive the continental CSA agenda. Dr. Freeman also indicated FAO’s readiness to provide financial...
CABI and ASARECA sign MoU to Strengthen Agricultural Research for Development
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 long-standing partnership that has existed for over a decade, with each of the organisations individually or collectively contributing to numerous...