Conference Papers

Proceedings of the technical workshop on the use of spatial equilibrium models in the assessment of impacts of non-tariff barriers to trade in the East African Community (EAC)

The following Recommendations from the ASARECA Business committee were presented and adopted by the 1st ASARECA General Assembly on December 16, 2011 at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda

The following are abstracts and executive summaries of the papers that were presented at the 1st ASARECA General Assembly held from 14-16 December, 2011. The theme of this General Assembly was, "Feeding Our Region in the 21st Century"

The Knowledge Management & Up-scaling Program (KMUS) of ASARECA assigned ILRI to conduct a training on Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) for the Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa' (DONATA) program. The aim was to guide DONATA project's staff and partners in understanding applying the concepts through their Innovation Platforms for Technologies in Agriculture (IPTAs). The projects were the Transfer and dissemination of proven and emerging technologies in orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) and the Transfer and dissemination of proven and emerging technologies in quality protein maize (QPM).

By December, 2013, all the EAC partner states will have celebrated 50 years since independence. To commemorate this period, Kilimo Trust together with the EAC Secretariat and ASARECA are organizing an International Symposium on Agriculture (ISA) to be held from 4th to 8th November, 2013 at Serena Hotel Kampala, under the theme Agricultural Development in the EAC: lessons from the past 50 years and prospects for the future. The symposium will aim to articulate an EAC Regional Vision of Agriculture for the future as a modern and vibrant sector that fully takes advantage of the region's endowment with resources (youthful population, arable land, water and now the realization of oil and gas) coupled with the ever increasing global demand for food and agricultural products.

Book of Abstracts for the 2nd ASARECA General Assembly 2013 in Bujubura Burindi

Livre des Résumés

Welcome speech by the ED of ASARECA

Transforming agriculture for economic growth in Eastern and Central Africa

Your Excellency the Vice President of the republic of Burundi –Dr. Rufyikiri Gervais,Other Excellencies present, The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development –Hon. (Mrs) Kayitesi Odette, Honourable Patron Ministers, members of the ASARECA Board of Directors, the Executive Director of ASARECA -Dr. Fina Opio, the Director General of ISABU -Mr. Nahimana Dieudone, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.