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 | Annual Report 2008 - 1.24 MB
ASARECA Annual Report 2008. The governance structure of ASARECA was changed, the Board of Directors was expanded to include members representing various stakeholders; work on the Constitution and Governance Manual progressed well; and changes in the management of research for development were completed. All the seven programme managers were recruited. |
| ASARECA Annual Report 2007 - 627.97 KB
The ASARECA Annual Report for the Year 2007. The year when the decision was made to transform ASARECA from its original form and function, to a new form and a new function. |
| Environmental Management Framework - 173.77 KB
This is the final version of the Environmental Management Framework for the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). It has to be observed by all ASARECA Programmes and/or activities implemented by the Association and/or its partners. |
| Research Sub-Grants Management Guidelines - 766.21 KB
Research sub-grants management guidelines are a guide for the operation of the ASARECA Research Grants System. The ASARECA Research Grants System is a funding mechanism to promote agricultural research of strategic importance and relevance for the Eastern and Central Africa sub-region, with direct participation of the NARS of the ASARECA member countries in priority setting and implementation of research projects. |
| AgriForum Newsletter - 1.08 MB
The AgriForum newsletter is one of multimedia communication outlets that ASARECA uses to provide information on agricultural innovations to the public. Launched in May 2010, the newsletter is circulated both electronically and in hardcopy to abroad spectrum of audiences. These include agricultural scientists, development partners, policy makers, sub-regional organisations like AU, IGAD, ECA, COMESA; extension workers, farmer organisations, non-governmental organisations, agri-business stakeholders, educational establishments, individuals and the media etc. |
| CBSD Supplement - 438.91 KB
On the commemoration of World Food day 16th October we are once again drawing attention to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) a serious disease affecting Cassava, a major food security crop.
Related article - Dailly Monitor |
 | East African Community to approve 11 cassava,potato standards - 38.15 KB
Standards for cassava and potato products in the five East African Community countries have been recommended for approval for implementation.
The process towards regional root crops standards, focusing on cassava and sweet potato, was spearheaded by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) in 2006.
UNBS compiled a list of 14 standards, and using the EAC template, formally sent the proposal to the other four countries for consideration and adoption as regional standards. This proposal was tabled before the EAC Standards technical sub-committee and approved in November in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) at her vantage position as a sub-regional research organisation, supported technical departments of the Burundi Bureau of Standards (BBN), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS), Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and UNBS to convene consultative workshops in the respective countries to discuss the zero drafts in November to December 2009. Read full article in
East African Business Week |
| Striga resistant varieties to boost sorghum yields - 38.24 KB
In April, scientists in eastern and central Africa embarked on identifying sources of resistance to Striga, a parasitic weed. Supported by the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (Asareca), the researchers from Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea and the International Crop Research Institute (ICRISAT) are using biotechnological tools in locating and identifying Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) that gives resistance to Striga. Read full article in:
The Daily Monitor
All Africa.com
Iplextra Indiatimes
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| Capacity Needs for Strengthening and Empowering Farmer Organisations in East and Central Africa - 1.68 MB
'Farmer empowerment for improved livelihoods' is one of the priority projects in the ASARECA Operational Plan to be implemented by the Upscaling and Knowledge Management Programme. This workshop is one of the preliminary activities of this project. Its overall objective was to determine the common critical needs for strengthening farmers' organizations (FOs) and farmer empowerment and to develop a concept note for a regional project that would address those needs. It was attended by representatives from national farmers' organizations in seven countries-Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda; the Eastern African Farmers Federation (EAFF) as well national focal points on extension and farmer empowerment from several ECA countries and other actors in agricultural research, extension and training in the sub-region. |
| Gender Mainstreaming priority setting workshop report - 1.85 MB
As a regional association, ASARECA faces challenges that transcend national boundaries and yet are committed to serving a population of over 280 million people by finding research solutions to trans-boundary problems which ensure spillovers across national boundaries and sharing of benefits and costs of collective action. This calls for understanding of the social dynamics that influence peoples choices in agriculture/livelihoods. Cognizant of the impact of these interactions on setting of the research agenda, ASARECA embraced gender equality as a vital consideration in agricultural production and embarked on the gender mainstreaming in the organization as early as year 2001. After three initiatives, the lessons learnt indicated the need for a methodical process of gender mainstreaming.
The Gender Mainstreaming Strategy marks the beginning of the systematic integration of gender into the programmes, policies and activities of ASARECA. The principal purpose of mainstreaming gender in ASARECA is to contribute to the achievement of the organizations mission, ‘to enhance regional collective action in agricultural research for development, extension and agricultural training and education to promote economic growth, fight poverty, eradicate hunger and enhance sustainable use of resources in Eastern and Central Africa’. |
| SEM Workshop Proceedings - 439.58 KB
Proceedings of the technical workshop on the use of spatial equilibrium models in the assessment of impacts of non-tariff barriers to trade in the East African Community (EAC) |
| The Influence of Current and Future Climate-induced Risk on the Agricultural Sector in East and Central Africa - 1.78 MB
For agricultural communities and agricultural stakeholders in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) to adjust to climate change and the projected increases in temperature and in rainfall variability, their ability to cope better with the constraints and opportunities of the current climate must first be improved. Through this literature review, information will be made available on the current state of knowledge on the implications of current climate variability and future climate change on the agricultural sector within ECA.
This project is being implemented by the ILRI as part of the ASARECA funded project 'Managing uncertainty: innovation systems for coping with climate variability and change'. |
| Climate Change Report - 1.78 MB
The influence of current and future climate-induced risk on the agricultural sector in East and Central Africa |
| Farmer seed initiatives on african indigenous vegetables - 1.18 MB
CATALOGUING AND EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE COMMUNITY/FARMERS-BASED SEED ENTERPRISES ON AFRICAN INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES FOUR COUNTRIES.The overall objective of this study was to identify available community/farmer-based seed enterprise initiatives that focus on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs), evaluate the models/approaches used and recommend those that are promising for further development into economical viable models for scaling up. The information from the study will be used to develop project concept notes on scaling up of the viable AIV seed enterprises that integrate participatory variety selection and marketing linkages for both seed and the vegetables. |
| SCARDA in Institutional Development Initiatives in Rwanda and Burundi - 142.79 KB
Under the SCARDA project, ASARECA, RUFORUM and PICO team have partnered in Capacity Development initiatives in Rwanda, Burundi and Sudan. Recently, design and learning workshops were conducted at ISAR in Rwanda and ISABU in Burundi as part of the capacity building initiative. The learnings from the design workshops helped to focus the program on those leadership and management issues that were of highest priority to the staff and Management and using an approach that allowed dynamic unravelling of issues, open, candid discussions and co-creation of solutions. Some of the areas that dominated the workshops in both FIs were: staff motivation as a performance enhancer; enhancing skills for personal and organizational visioning and strategic thinking; feedback as a means of improving quality of communication and effectiveness of teams (including its application in the context of staff performance management); role of mentoring and coaching in enhancing individual/personal development, performance improvement overall career development and in creating a cadre of next generation leaders and managers; and situational performance management. |
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| Best Bet Research Outputs - 979.11 KB
Kimenye L, Bombom A. 2009. A booklet with 40 abstracts of best-bet research outputs generated by former ASARECA research networks (NPPS) and their NARS partners in the East and Central African region. They represent a collection of well tried and tested technologies and approaches that have potential for up scaling to improve livelihoods. The abstracts, which have been grouped into 9 thematic clusters, give brief accounts of the key outputs generated and lessons learnt |
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| CBSD Information Sheet - 1.08 MB
Describes Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), what causes it, how to recognise CBSD, current control measures for CBSD |
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