News Updates
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Dr. Warinda Appointed ASARECA Interim Executive Director
08 July 2021By Ben Moses Ilakut ENTEBBE: The ASARECA Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Enock Warinda as the Interim Executive Director of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and...
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Africa’s cities offer largest market for Agricultural Products
25 March 2021BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT Africa’s rapidly growing cities offer the largest and fastest growing market opportunity available to the continent’s 60 million farms, a new report has revealed. According to the...
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Pursuing deadly viruses: Researchers crack Whitefly genes in efforts to curb crop viruses
25 March 2021BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT Several years since ASARECA coordinated a concerted assault against Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CSBD), a devastating disease of cassava which hit the Eastern and Central...
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Statement on the Death of H.E Dr. John Pombe Magufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
18 March 2021Office of the Executive Director Statement on the Death of the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Issued by the Secretariat for Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in...
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Celebrating the life of Prof. Joseph Mukiibi, ASARECA founding Member
04 March 2021By Ben Moses Ilakut--One of the founding members of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Prof. Joseph Mukiibi has died. Also the founding...
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Experts point ways to better crops and farmer incomes
03 March 2021The first One Earth Root and Soil Health Forum A new annual event examines root and soil health’s importance for food security, livelihoods and climate resilience and marks the launch of a community...
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One Earth Soil & Root Health Forum launch – Getting to the Root of the Problem
01 March 2021The One Earth Root and Soil Health Forum was launched on 1 March looking at the role of root and soil health in supporting food security, livelihoods and tackling climate change. The first global...
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Soil health critical in attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
26 February 2021By Ben Moses Ilakut Soil health is the starting point for healthy and environmentally sustainable food systems—Doubtless therefore, healthy soils are vital to addressing wide-ranging global...
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Africa's AR4D Lead Institutions Mobilise Single Voice Ahead UN Food Summit
15 February 2021A webinar by FARA and CAADP-XP4 consortium members ASARECA, AFAAS, CORAF, CCARDESSA on Strengthening the African Agricultural Research and Development Towards Improved Africa Food System is due to...
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Uganda Registers Highest Coffee Exports in 30 years
22 January 2021By Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries Coffee exports in Uganda have recorded the highest ever export volumes, according to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority. Latest data...