WATDEV Sensitization meeting held in Egypt
Participants during the WATDEV Sensitization meeting held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, Egypt ASARECA today (July 30, 2023) joined Egyptian partners, Heliopolis University, in a workshop to validate Best Management Practices with Egyptian stakeholders, including farmers under the WATDEV Project. The meeting held in Sekem Farm in Belbeis, Desert Road, attracted 48 (10 females: 38 male) participants. According to Prof. Dr. Sherif Mohamady Elsayed, the coordinator the Project, the objective of the...
Member Governments Challenged to Optimise Benefits of ASARECA
The Ministers endorsed all the Executive Director’s prayers including resolutions on payment of outstanding financial arrears to ASARECA to zero balance by March 2024; supporting regional Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) initiatives; endorsement of ASARECA to coordinate CGIAR activities in Member States. BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA—Uganda’s Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, has challenged his fellow Ministers in Eastern and Central Africa to pay-up membership fees arrears to...
ASARECA consults stakeholders on next Medium Term Plan
Researchers from the NARIs, Policy experts and influencers, Knowledge Management practitioners, and capacity development experts at the workshop ENTEBBE--ASARECA is holding a consultative workshop (17-19, July 2023) for its stakeholders to generate and share data and information as part of the process of reviewing the performance of its Medium Term Operational Plan 1 (MTOP-1), which ends in December 2023. BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT Speaking at the opening of the workshop, ASARECA Executive Director,...
Job Announcement
Positions to fill in ASARECA The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is seeking to fill two attractive positions namely: (1) Head of Finance and (2) Executive Assistant to the Executive Director. The Head of Finance will report directly to the Executive Director, and provide overall financial management and counsel to both the Executive Director of ASARECA and the Finance and Administration Committee of the Board. Link: Head of Finance The Executive...
All the objective of AAMC were met—says ASARECA Executive Director
KAMPALA: All the targets set by ASARECA and its Governance Organs during the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)-2023 running from May 17 to 19, 2023 were archieved, the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has said. Responding to questions from journalists at the close of the AAMC-2023 on May 19, Dr. Warinda said the Line Ministers for Agricultural Research and Development in Member States signed a Joint Communiqué agreeing to all the prayers...
ASARECA consults stakeholders on next Medium Term Plan
ASARECA is holding a consultative workshop (17-19, July 2023) for its stakeholders to generate and share data and information as part of the process of reviewing the performance of its Medium Term Operational Plan 1 (MTOP-1), which ends in December 2023. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda said the consultations will culminate into the development of the Medium Term Plan 2 (MTOP-2), which is...
All the objectives of AAMC were met—says ASARECA Executive Director
A Unique Scientific Conference was successfully held on May 19, with focus on showcasing achievements, innovations that work, and maneuvers to beat challenges that impeded the delivery of AR4D outputs KAMPALA: All the targets set by ASARECA and its Governance Organs during the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)-2023 running from May 17 to 19, 2023 were archieved, the Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda has said. Responding to questions from journalists at the close...
Dr. Warinda makes strong case for financing ASARECA to stakeholders during AAMC-2023
KAMPALA: ASARECA Executive Director, Dr. Enock Warinda, has made a passionate appeal to ASARECA Members States to settle their arrears in membership fees to the Association. Addressing ASARECA stakeholders from all-over Eastern and Central Africa and globally, during the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC)-2023 on Thursday, May 17, 2023, Dr. Warinda noted that countries owe the Association more than USD 1.9 million, with only three (Tanzania, Eritrea, and Uganda) in good standing...
Minister Calls for Impactful and Transformative Agricultural Research
KAMPALA: The ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC) closed on May 19, 2023, with a call on scientists to engage in research that easily benefits the intended beneficiarfies—the farmers. The call was made by Uganda’s Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Frank Timwebaze while addressing over 350 delegetes during the closing ceremony of the AAMC, which started on May 17, with Governance discussions, climaxing into the Council of Patron...
ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference kicks off in high gear
Hon. Rwamirama is joined by some of the delegates at the General Assembly for a group photo BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT KAMPALA, UGANDA: The ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference (AAMC) opened in high gear at Speke Resort, Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda on May 17, 2023 with focus on Building Resilient Food Systems. Delivering the opening address on the first day of the Conference, Uganda’s Minister of State for Livestock in the Ministry of Agriculture,...