ASARECA, CIHEAM Bari, Water Land Resources Centre train Ethiopian farmers in selection of Agricultural Best Management Practices
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT & MOSES ODEKE BAHIR DAR, ETHIOPIA: ASARECA, and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari) on April 19-20, 2024, joined Ethiopian partners, Water and Land Resources Centre in a follow-up training and selection of possible BMP scenarios workshop targeting farming communities in Koga catchment in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The workshop was intended to share knowledge among the farmers and technical teams supporting project...
ASARECA Ministers’ Chair, Hon. Mithika Vows to Kick-start Construction of ASARECA Building
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT Dr. Enock Warinda (R) shows Hon. Mithika Linturi around the site for the planned ASARECA Headquarters’ building in Entebbe on April 4, 2024 ENTEBBE, UGANDA: “I will mobilise my colleagues, the Agriculture Ministers to ensure that ASARECA gets a befitting home.” These were the words of Hon. Mithika Linturi, the Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Agriculture and Livestock, the Republic of Kenya during his visit to ASARECA Headquarters in...
ASARECA Ministers’ Chair, Hon. Mithika rallies States to establish Agriculture Innovation Fund
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT (L-R) Dr. Denis Onkundi, Mithika’s Technical Advisor; Ms Doris Komen, Commercial Attaché, Kenya High Commission in Uganda, Hon. Mithika Linturi; Mr. Richard Mutwota, First Counsellor, Kenya High Commission in Uganda (immediate right to Dr. Mithika on back row); Dr. Enock Warinda; Dr. Wellington Mulinge of the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) joined by ASARECA Secretariat staff (back row) in Entebbe, Uganda during the event ENTEBBE, UGANDA:...
ASARECA Secretariat Joins Family TARI to Mourn Departed Board Chairman, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo
The ASARECA staff joined the family and the staff of Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) in Mourning ASARECA departed Board of Directors Chairman and former TARI Director General, Dr. Geoffrey Mkamilo at his ancestral home in Mafulila village, Kilindi District, Dodoma, Tanzania. Representing the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda and ASARECA Governance Organs, Ms Rachael Namuzibwa and Annet Wanyana, the Administrative and Personal Office, and the Acting Head of Finance read...
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 and technical teams supporting project implementation. The bi-directional event was held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, Desert Road, and attracted 58...
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 Chairman, Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget said, “The ASARECA fraternity, which includes the Council of Patron Ministers, the General Assembly, the Board...
Agriculture Ministers Commit to Clear USD 2 Million Arrears to Finance Joint Initiatives
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: Agriculture Line Ministers from 15 ASARECA Member States on February 15, 2024 committed to establish, support and finance a Regional Innovation Fund to resource Regional Mega-Priority Projects and Regional Centres of Excellence implemented by the Member States and Coordinated by the ASARECA Secretariat. The commitment came through a Joint Communiqué by Ministers of Agriculture at the end of the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers meeting,...
ASARECA Agriculture Ministers hold 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers’ Meeting in Kenya
BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAIROBI, KENYA: Agriculture Line Ministers from 15 ASARECA Member States have held the 3rd ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers (3rd CPM) Meeting in Kenya’s Capital, Nairobi. The Meeting of the highest Governing Organ of the Association with a clear mandate to provide guidance to ASARECA on regional and national strategic matters in Agricultural Research for Development was held on February 15, at Safari Park Hotel, in Nairobi. The...
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 world,” Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Hon. Mithika Linturi said on Monday. 3rd CPM Announced Announcing the...
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Meets ASARECA Board ahead of Agriculture Ministers Meeting
NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Hon. Mithika Linturi has pledged total support to ASARECA in mobilising resources to fund mooted Regional Agricultural Research for Development Programmes under the Regional Centres of Excellence model.