News Updates

  • ASARECA and ISAAA Sign MOU on Biotechnology

    ASARECA and ISAAA AfriCenter sign an MoU to work together
    24 February 2020

    Great news for Eastern and Central Africa as the regional go-to AR4D service provider of choice (ASARECA) partners with the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (...

  • Understanding Africa’s Agriculture Research Priorities

    Understanding Africa’s Agriculture Research Priorities
    19 February 2020

    By Alis Okonji—The  current global economic crisis, rising food prices and the threat of climate change have reinforced the urgency to find lasting solutions to Africa’s agricultural challenges. ...

  • ASARECA, AFAAS, CCARDESA, CORAF, FARA meet to harmonise project implementation

    ASARECA, AFAAS, CCARDESA, CORAF, FARA meet to harmonise project implementation
    14 February 2020

    By Ben Moses Ilakut ACCRA, Ghana—“Africa has never had a problem coming up with good policies. Africa’s problem is how to implement these policies,” experts from the Comprehensive African...

  • ASARECA and ISAAA discuss the future for Biotech and Biosafety in Africa

    ASARECA and ISAAA discuss the future for Biotech and Biosafety in Africa
    14 February 2020

    The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Executive Director Proffesor Jean Jacques Muhinda and the Director of the International Service for the...

  • Insects for food and feed

    Turning them into food and feed
    11 February 2020

    As the recent locust invasion in Eastern and Central Africa continues to pose a threat to food security, majority of the countries affected are responding proactively despite just recovering from...

  • ASARECA Locust Watch: Update

    Locusts entered Uganda and are migrating fast
    11 February 2020

    As predicted by scientists and international research bodies, the locust invasion that has been prevalent in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia has spread into Uganda. The first sight of these deadly insect...

  • Locust Invasion Threatens Food Security in Eastern Africa

    The rapid growth and movement of the locusts has been attributed to the heavy rains
    24 January 2020

    By Alis Okonji ASARECA scientists and partners have described the current locust invasion as the worst plague in 25 years. The Desert Locust invasion is rapidly spreading to Somalia’s neighboring...

  • Impact of antibiotics on agricultural productivity

    Researchers have now found that antibiotic resistance is on the rise among farm animals in low to middle income countries;
    17 December 2019

    By Alis Okonji Each year, the world marks the annual World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) meant to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the...

  • Africa mourns the death of AR4D guru, Dr. Jean Ndikumana

    Africa mourns the death of Livestock guru, Dr. Jean Ndikumana
    10 December 2019

    Dr. Ndikumana was ASARECA's Programme Manager for Livestock and Fisheries and later, the  Theme Leader, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition (2009- 2015)    The Agricultural Research...

  • Ugandan Government Sets Pace in Funding University Research, Innovation

    Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
    05 December 2019

    Government Gives USD 8 m Grant for Makerere University Research and Innovation initiatives   By Ben Moses Ilakut: It is widely acknowledged that strengthening indigenous educational systems and...

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