ASARECA, Nile Basin Discourse forge partnership on Water and Agriculture
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on 18 January 2024 held discussions with the Nile Basin Discourse Regional Manager, Eng . Sylvester Anthony Matemu at ASARECA secretariat offices in Entebbe, Uganda.
Rwanda Hosts National Training Workshop on Land, Soil, and Crop Information Hub
KIGALI, RWANDA: The Land, Soil, and Crop Information Services (LSC-IS) to support Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) project organised a national workshop in Rwanda from 30th November to 1st December 2023.
ASARECA, KALRO train farmers in Machakos, Kenya to adapt to the effects of Climate Change
The participants acquired practical skills on CSA technologies including establishing cone gardens for vegetable production and space maximization as well making bio-pesticides for controlling pests and diseases in an environmentally friendly manner that reduces climate related risks. Members of the Green Shade Women's Group in Machakos, Kenya prepare to demonstrate skills learnt during the ongoing training on CSA adaptation BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT MACHAKOS, KENYA: ASARECA and the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research...
Kenya’s Agriculture Minister meets ASARECA BoD Vice Chairman and ASARECA Executive Director
They discussed the role of ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers in facilitating ASARECA’s engagement with the One CGIAR, Development Partners and promoting implementation of regional priority projects (Left-Right) Dr. Michael Okoti of KALRO, Dr. Warinda, Hon. Linturi, Dr. Cheluget and the Minister's team at the meeting in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, KENYA: ASARECA Board Vice Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Cheluget and ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda on November 23, 2023 held discussions with...
ASARECA & KALRO to train women farmers in Machakos, Kenya to adapt to Climate Change
Kenya is one of the most hit countries in Eastern and Central Africa with over 80,000 households affected by the El Nino rains. These rains have far reaching effects for farmers and are threatening food security now and in the near future. ASARECA and KALRO have over the years supported farmers in Machakos to adapt to climate change BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT ENTEBBE, UGANDA: ASARECA and partners are organizing a four-day training aimed...
Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Meets ASARECA Board Vice Chair and ASARECA Executive Director
NAIROBI, KENYA: ASARECA Board of Directors Vice Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Kipyego Cheluget and ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda held discussions with Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary, His Excellency Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi. H.E Mudavadi, who is also the Minister of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, met the ASARECA delegation on November 8 in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
Burundi Agriculture Minister, ASARECA ED discuss regional AR4D priorities
ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda and the Board of Directors Vice Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Kipyego Cheluget today (November 7,) 2023 held discussions with His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi, Ir. Prosper Dodiko at his office in the capital, Bujumbura.
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.