Author - GENEVIEVE APIO

ASARECA, Heliopolis University Conduct Farmer Training in Rural Egypt

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT CAIRO, EGYPT: ASARECA on February 4 and 5, 2024 joined Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University, and the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) in an awareness and dissemination workshop meant to share knowledge acquired by selected trainers of trainees during their training with farmers, the local communities...

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ASARECA Board Chair and TARI DG, Dr. Mkamilo is dead

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ASARECA Board of Directors Chairman, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo is dead. Makamilo, who until recently was the Director General Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), died on the morning of Saturday March 2, 2024 at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma, Tanzania.   Announcing Dr. Mkamilo’s passing on, ASARECA Board of Directors Vice...

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Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Officially Announces ASARECA Agriculture Ministers Meeting

Hon. Mithika Linturi briefing Media in his Office in Nairobi, Kenya. BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT & GENEVIEVE APIO   NAIROBI, KENYA: “Africa is endowed with water, food, resilient varieties, fantastic climate, and a youthful population. We Africans must therefore leverage on our strength to produce enough food to feed ourselves and the whole...

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Press Release: Kenya Announces ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers

The Republic of Kenya through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development in collaboration with the Inter-governmental Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), will hold the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers Meeting on February 15th, 2024 at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Download...

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How pumpkins have stabilized Nalongo’s household income

Ms. Nakiwala Saniya Nalongo, 60, from Bubanzi village,Nsambya Parish, Kakindu sub-county, Mityana district, has been widowed for 13-years. She got interested in pumpkin farming as a business when she learnt that Mr. Magezi, the chairperson of an organised group, St. Joseph’s farmers group, had registered some successes in pumpkin farming. The...

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