ASARECA courts EAC to streamline partnership for coordination of aflatoxin prevention
KAMPALA, Uganda: ASARECA supports national and regional initiatives on prevention and control of aflatoxin and its associated losses, ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has said. Addressing participants during a two-day strategic engagement workshop on Aflatoxin prevention and control on October 23 to 24, 2023 in Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Warinda pledged to work with the East African Community to coordinate efforts to jerk current slow progress in prevention of aflatoxin contamination...
Regional Dialogue to address disconnect between agriculture and conservation
The Regional Common Ground Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture has identified the disconnect between agriculture and conservation, lack of methods to monitor land health, poor understanding of Nature-Based Solutions within the agriculture sector as some of the critical challenges that that impede optimal delivery of goods in the Agricultural sector.
Regional Dialogue calls for promotion of nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture
It is the best interest of current and future generations that researchers should promote nature-based solutions because such solutions provide significant benefits to human beings and the environment as a whole, ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has told participants at the just concluded Regional Common Ground Dialogue for Mainstreaming Sustainable Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa.
High-Level Sustainable Agriculture Dialogue Addresses Urgent Need for Change
Kampala, Uganda — October 17th, 2023 Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and under the leadership of the Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, is convening a Regional Common Ground Regional Dialogue for Mainstreaming Sustainable Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa held in Kampala, Uganda. This event, under the theme...
Kenyan High Commissioner, ASARECA ED in talks over resourcing ASARECA
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda, on October 11, 2023 paid a courtesy call to the Kenyan Kenya High Commissioner to Rwanda, Ambassador Philip Mundia Githiora at the High Commission officers in Blv de L’ Umuganda, Kigali, Rwanda. Dr. Warinda was accompanied by ASARECA Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, Ambassador, Kipyego Cheluget. Among other things, discussions with Ambassador Githora centred on role of Diplomatic Missions as brand ambassador of ASARECA, as part...
ASARECA pushes for closer collaboration with AGRA
ASARECA Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, Ambassador, Kipyego Cheluget on October 12, held talks with AGRA Acting Vice-President in charge of Programmes, Prof. Jean Jaques Mbonigaba Muhinda, at AGRA offices in Nairobi, Kenya. The talks centred around close collaboration between the two institutions to leverage complementarities, avoid publication and wastage of resources while maximising economies of scale. During the talks, Ambassador Cheluget highlighted the benefits that AGRA stands to gain by utilising already...
Eritrea Agriculture Minister, ASARECA Executive Director Discuss Regional Priorities
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on September 21, 2023 held discussions with the Minister of Agriculture, the State of Eritrea Hon. Arefaine Berhe at Ministry of Agriculture offices in the Capital, Asmara. The minister was flanked by Mr. Amanuel Negassi, the Special Advisor to the Minister, who is also the President of ASARECA General Assembly; and Dr. Tsegay Berhe, the Director General of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Eritrea.
Rwanda Agriculture Minister, ASARECA Executive Director Discuss Sustainable Financing of ASARECA
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on October 11, 2023 held discussions with the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda Hon. Dr. Ildephonse Musafiri at the Ministry of Agriculture in Kigali Rwanda. The Minister was flanked by the Chief Technical Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Mr. Eric Gatera Iyeze; and Dr. Vickky Ruganzu, the National Focal Person for ASARECA in Rwanda.
ASARECA and partners commit to address specific needs and priorities of women and youth
Participants during the Policy Dialogue on Promoting Gender and Climate Responsiveness in Agricultural Policy Formulation and Implementation (August 28, 2023), Nairobi, Kenya. BEN MOSES ILAKUT The Dialogue is organized under the auspices of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project NAIROBI, KENYA—ASARECA and partners have committed to address specific needs, priorities and realities of women, men, and the youth while formulating Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) policies. Speaking during the opening of a four-day Policy Dialogue...
ASARECA convenes Policy Dialogue on Promoting Gender and Climate Responsiveness in Agriculture
Research shows that women and youth are not accessing CSA technologies to the same extent as men and their adoption remains low ASARECA is promoting gender and climate responsiveness in agricultural policy formulation and implementation to ensure that CSA technologies and innovations reach more women and youth and contribute to improving their livelihoods. BEN MOSES ILAKUT ENTEBBE--ASARECA is organizing a Policy Dialogue on Promoting Gender and Climate Responsiveness in Agricultural Policy Formulation and Implementation....