News Updates
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Annual Corporate Report 2019
23 June 2020By Ben Moses Ilakut: Celebrating a Silver Jubilee in coordinating Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D); hosting the ASARECA Council of Partron Ministers (CPM) Summit; flagging off the...
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Climate Smart Agriculture: A priority for Africa
23 June 2020By Alis Okonji Over 200 million smallholder farmers in Africa have been seriously hit by the effects of climate change amongst other challenges affecting food production in the continent. The growing...
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A New Dawn for Cassava
01 June 2020By Alis Okonji Cassava is a highly resilient, nutritious food security crop, feed and industrial crop that can greatly contribute to improving the food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers...
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European Union; Investing in AR4D Capacity.
27 May 2020By Alis Okonji Agriculture and food systems in low and middle income countries constantly face challenges worsened by climate change, pests and diseases and occurrences like the COVID-19 Global...
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How COVID-19 has accelerated adoption of ICTs in AR4D
20 May 2020By Ben Moses Ilakut: That livelihoods are at stake due to the COVID-19 pandemic is now an undisputed reality. This is the reason the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has appealed to...
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Somalia's War Against Desert Locusts
18 May 2020By Alis Okonji Somalia has finally joined her east African neighbours in using aerial control measures to fight the locust invasion that has been ravaging the region for the past eight months. This...
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Looming Hunger post COVID-19 Pandemic
04 May 2020Cover Image; Thomas Mukoya | Reuters By Alis Okonji Is a hunger pandemic looming beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic? The United Nations World Food Program has warned that the number of severely food...
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The Triple Tragedy of COVID-19, Climate Change and Food Insecurity: Policy Responses in Africa
26 April 2020By Julian Barungi ENTEBBE-As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, sending several countries into lockdown, disruptions in already struggling food and input supply systems in...
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Gestion du Coronavirus ou Covid-19: Population Africaine Confinee et Besoins Alimentaires
24 April 2020Par Docteur Papa Abdoulaye Seck ROME—Il faut retenir la négation de la formule selon laquelle « l’homme est à la mesure de toute chose » car il peine encore à transformer l’incertitude en risques....
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Yes, Africa can Feed the World
20 April 2020By Alis Okonji A lot of what gets into our bodies does so through our mouths, noses and other openings in our bodies or recently referred to as soft-parts by H.E the President of Uganda, Yoweri...