ASARECA Annual Report 2008

The year 2008 was a successful year in terms of consolidating the positive changes being made in ASARECA towards realizing the vision of making ASARECA a ÔÇ£regional leader in agricultural research and development for improved livelihoods in eastern and central Africa.ÔÇØThe governance structure of ASARECA was changed to expand the Board of Directors and include members representing various stakeholders; work on the Constitution and Governance Manual progressed well; and changes in the management of research for development were also complete. All the seven programme managers were recruited but three of them would report early in the following year. In addition, various new organs became functional.