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- CAADP-XP4 institutions receive capacity training to enhance AR4D delivery02 April 2022“Capacity training is necessary in standardizing methodologies and frameworks for undertaking capacity development and capacity gap assessments. The same methodologies will subsequently be rolled out…
- Dialogue for researchers and private sector identifies key Climate Smart Agriculture technologies for commercialization29 March 2022Despite the abundance of Technologies Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPs) in Eastern and Central Africa, adoption of the TIMPs is low BEN MOSES ILAKUT—A broad range private sector actors,…
- Rwanda hosts first meeting of ASARECA Climate Smart Agriculture Steering Committee04 March 2022“I would like to commend ASARECA for bringing together diverse stakeholders engaged in various CSA initiatives in the region. By doing this, ASARECA is fulfilling the mandate we the NARIs gave them-…
- ASARECA Member countries discuss collaboration arrangements with One CGIAR01 March 2022The NARs, ASARECA and One CGIAR deliberated on benefits of working together and agreed to clearly define roles to deepen collaboration to accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable…
- ASARECA takes over leadership of CAADP-XP4 Programme11 February 2022Effectively, ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda was announced the new Chairman of the CAADP-XP4 Advisory Committee, putting him at the helm of the Programme structure By Ben Moses Ilakut…
- We are on track in implementing CAADP-XP4—ASARECA, AFAAS, CCARDESSA, CORAF, and FARA11 February 2022ASARECA, AFAAS, FARA, CCARDESSA, and CORAF are by far the most formidable institutions needed in the attainment of the African Agriculture vision. By Ben Moses Ilakut NAIROBI, KENYA: The five…
- ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers Summit August 2022 “Extraordinary Dialogue of ASARECA Patron Ministers”
- Dr. Enock Warinda appointed substantive ASARECA Executive Director 10 January 2022 “His top priority is to crowd-in strategic partnerships and raise the visibility of ASARECA to attract more resources, especially financial resources to enable the Association implement its mandate…
- Nile Basin Discourse and ASARECA target the water and food nexus 30 November 2021The structure in which NBD operates and coordinates with member countries is similar in many ways to the way ASARECA operates with its constituents By Ben Moses Ilakut. The Nile Basin Discourse (…
- NBI and ASARECA explore corporation in water use efficiency 26 November 2021“There are clear areas of corporation among us. We can work around water management and in establishing and out scaling water efficient infrastructure for households and farmers in the sub-region,”…
- Ugandan Government gives titled land to Nile Basin Initiative to build home 26 November 2021″ASARECA and NBI partnership is strategic because a part from Egypt, all the 11 Nile Basin countries, including Eritrea, the observer member, are part of the ASARECA 14 member states. “Our farmers…
- “The Futility or success of Africa’s future depends on efforts to address the youth factor” 18 November 2021“A business-as-usual approach would risk exposing Africa not only to economic underperformance and a brain drain, but also to criminality, political and social unrest, and even armed conflict. But…
- Key message to African Extension professionals: ‘Package Agriculture as ‘a kool business’ 17 November 2021“Look at the content in YouTube, twitter, and tik-tok, where is agriculture in all this?—absent!” “The extension system must therefore project agriculture as a smart and kool thing—that is what has…
- Highlights for Africa from CoP 26 Climate Change Summit 04 November 2021As the CoP26 UN Climate change Conference proceeds in Scotland, over 25 African leaders have taken center stage to demand climate justice and greater support from richer nations. They demanded…
- Rapport Annuel De L’ASARECA 2020: L’agriculture face à la pandémie de COVID-19 27 October 2021L’année 2020 a marqué la deuxième année de mise en oeuvre de la stratégie et du cadre de résultats de l’ASARECA (A-SRF: 2019-2028) et du premier Plan opérationnel à moyen terme (POMT-I : 2019-2023…
- Annual Corporate Report 2020: Agriculture in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic 27 October 2021The year 2020 marked the second year of implementation of the ASARECA Strategy and Results Framework (A-SRF: 2019-2028) and the first Medium-Term Operational Plan (MTOP-1: 2019-2023). This Annual…
- EU, IFAD, ASARECA, NARO hailed for organizing learning tour for researchers in Africa 25 October 2021″In the context of the rapid population growth, which is taking the continent by storm, capacity strengthening initiatives such as the benchmarking exercise should enable African countries turn the…