ASARECA Newsletter Vol.20: We are extending deadline for membership registration
Dear esteemed A4RD Partners, At the end of 2021, I did communicate to you that the ASARECA Board of Directors in December 2020 granted an extension to the ongoing process of updating information about ASARECA existing members and partners, including founding members through online registration. The extension up to March 2021 was out of the realization that this is an extremely important process, which also offers an opportunity to interested AR4D institutions that...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.19: A special call to all ASARECA partners to register with us
Dear esteemed A4RD Partners, It is just a matter of hours and we at ASARECA Secretariat together will experience 2021. Before that, just one more important message that we think we must pass to you before the year ends. ASARECA Board of Director mid December 2020, granted an extension to the ongoing process of updating information about ASARECA existing members and partners, including founding members through online registration. The registration exercise was...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.18: Wishing You A Merry Christmas And Happy New Year
Dear esteemed Partners, It is the time of the year to wish you the best of luck, especially during the festive season. It is also time to pray that the Almighty God sails you through to the New Year 2021. While it goes without saying that the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted smooth implementation of our work plans, we are thankful to God that we were able to adopt remote...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.17: Register now: ASARECA members registration open till December 31st
Dear esteemed AR4D Stakeholders, ASARECA Secretariat launched a campaign in June 2020, to update information about its existing members and partners, including founding members through online registration. The process also offers an opportunity to interested AR4D institutions that would like to become members of ASARECA to register and join the Association. The registration exercise was initially scheduled to end in August 2020. However, it was extended to end on December 31st 2020 to...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.16: Welcoming Cameroon and Central African Republic
Dear AR4D colleagues, ASARECA Board of Directors has approved the admission of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Republic of Cameroon as the 13th and 14th Member States of ASARECA respectively. In approving the membership, the 29th Board of Directors Meeting noted that CAR and Cameroon are geographically located in the ASARECA sub-region, yet the two countries have for long missed out on the benefits of regionally convened AR4D initiatives. Plus, join me...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.15: Member countries renew commitment to AR4D financing
Dear AR4D colleagues, The Permanent Secretaries in charge of Agriculture line ministries and Director Generals (DGs) of National Agricultural Research Institutes in the 14 member countries of the ASARECA including: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, together with the ASARECA Board of Directors, held a virtual consultative meeting on October 22, 2020 to...
ASARECA Newsletter Vol.14: We are updating our Members and Partners Register
Dear esteemed Members and Partners, ASARECA is in the process of concretising its partnerships to facilitate implementation of various joint actions which are planned in our Strategy and Results Framework (ASRF-2019-2018) and Medium Term Operational Plan (MTOPI: 2019-2023). To achieve this initiative, we have launched the process of updating the register of all our partner institutions and members, including our Founding Members through an online application process. This exercise is provided for in...
ASARECA @25: Celebrating Decades of Coordinating Collaborative Agricultural Research for Development (1994-2019)
Dear AR4D colleagues, A few weeks ago I shared with you a statement on how ASARECA is keeping the AR4D momentum with COVID-19 in our midst. Like many of you, we continue to work at home as our Governments explore all avenues to ensure the safety of our populations, most of whom practice agriculture. In this Issue, we would like to share more perspectives on options, especially policy options that could...
Regional partnerships against the invasive locusts
countries rededicating their commitments to support ASARECA to p a long way in defining irrigation practices across the continent.
Message to ASARECA stakeholders and partners in the face of COVID-19 pandemic
Dear AR4D colleagues, There is no doubt to ASARECA management that all of you our esteemed partners are right now dealing with the life-threatening effects of COVID-19 pandemic. It is clear that the outbreak of the disease has caused lock-downs of cities, towns and villages and as a result grounding your operations and rudely interrupting livelihoods. To all those who have lost loved ones, our heartfelt condolences; to those who have been hospitalised,...