News Updates
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PRESS RELEASE: FAO to Partner with FARA and Continental Institutions to Push African CSA Agenda
07 December 202004/12/2020. ACCRA – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has pledged its commitment to providing support for Africa’s climate-smart agriculture agenda. Speaking at the Biennial Climate-Smart...
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Closer Africa-Europe collaboration needed to deliver food and nutrition security roadmap--Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
26 November 2020November 26, 2020, ACCRA, Ghana – Africa’s apex organization for coordinating and advocating for agricultural research and innovation has called on African and European countries to prioritize...
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Policy Statement on Financing ASARECA’s Regional AR4D Programmes
23 November 2020ASARECA Member Countries Re-Affirm Commitment to Finance Regional Collaboration in Agricultural Research for Development October 22, 2020 The Permanent Secretaries in charge of Agriculture line...
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Post-Harvest Loss Management – Viable Alternative for Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
15 October 2020By Alis Okonji Reducing post-harvest losses through effective post-harvest loss management strategies, is a viable strategy to improving food security and nutrition in Africa Despite Africa’s huge...
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Call to Partner with ASARECA
17 September 2020Click here to join the largest growing network of agricultural stakeholders in Eastern and Central Africa. The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (...
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Soils: A Priority for Africa's Agriculture
13 September 2020By Alis Okonji Agricultural productivity including livestock production is under threat in Africa because of continuing decline in soil quality. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 65 percent of arable land...
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TARI Director General, Dr.Mkamilo appointed ASARECA BoD chair
01 September 2020BEN MOSES ILAKUT: The Director General of the Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI), Dr.Geoffrey Mkamilo, has been appointed the Chairman ASARECA Board of Directors. Dr.Mkamilo, was...
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ASARECA and CABI sign MoU to Strengthen Agricultural Research for Development
13 August 202013 August 2020 - The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and CABI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable both...
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Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon Join ASARECA as Member States
12 August 2020By Ben Moses Ilakut 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...
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Building a Regional Response to Invasive Pests and Transboundary Crop-Livestock Diseases
10 August 2020By Prof Jean Jacques Muhinda Mbonigaba Invasive species destroy livelihoods, pose serious threats to food and nutrition security, threaten the economic prosperity of entire countries and regions, and...