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Signing Ceremony of the Grant Assistance Project for Promotion of Decarbonized Rice Production and Processing in Nigeria by MOFA held in Tokyo
On March 3, 2023, the Signing Ceremony of the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO "Project for Revitalization of Rice Cooperatives and Decarbonization of Rice Production and Processing" was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo in the presence of First Secretary, Mr. Aminu Abubakar of the Nigerian Embassy in Japan. The SAA President, Dr. Makoto Kitanaka, signed the grant contract at the ceremony.
The joint proposal by the African Development Bank and SAA for improving the livelihoods of small-scale rice farmers in Benin and mitigating climate change has been approved by the PHRDG program under the support of the Government of Japan
“The Project for Improving Rice Productivity by Decarbonizing Cultivation for 12,000 hectares of Irrigated Paddy Fields in the Republic of Benin” jointly proposed by the African Development Bank and the Sasakawa Africa Association, together with SoftBank Corp., has been adopted as a project for the Trust Fund for the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Grant (PHRDG), a trust fund contributed by the Japanese government.
SAA at the IGNITE Research Summit
The IGNITE (Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture) project organized a Research Summit in Nairobi (Jan 23 to 25) to share findings and evidence concerning ways of effectively and efficiently increasing women’s empowerment in agriculture as well as equitable consumption of nutritious diets.
SAA participates in “Dakar 2 - Feed Africa Summit: Food Sovereignty and Resilience”
The second Africa Food Summit on agriculture and agribusiness, under the theme Feed Africa: food sovereignty and resilience ‘Dakar 2 Summit,’ was hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and Chairperson of the African Union with the African Development Bank Group as co-host between 25 – 27 January 2023.
National Agricultural Seed Council visits SAA’s demonstration sites in Jigawa, Nigeria
National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has visited SAA’s wheat demonstration plots in Ringim, Jigawa state, as part of its seed certification process.
Meeting with the First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Uganda
SAA-Uganda received a visit by the First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Uganda, with the Coordinator for Economic Cooperation on 16th January 2023.
SAA Ethiopia's initiative for Regenerative Agriculture (RA) was featured in Ethiopian Business Review
Ethiopian Business Review (11th Year, Dec 2022, No. 113)
"Regenerative Agriculture Holds Promise for Addressing 21st-Century Challenges: Filling Two Needs with One Deed"
SAA-Mali introductory video is now released
This is an introductory movie of SAA-Mali that gives the overview of its activities along the 3 strategic pillars.
Mr. David Wozemba Wetaka has been appointed SAA-Uganda Country Director
SAA is pleased to welcome Mr. David Wozemba Wetaka as our new Country Director of SAA Uganda as of 27 November 2022.
SAA-Uganda Wins Agricultural NGO of the Year Award
SAA Uganda won the agricultural NGO of the year award 2022 at an event held at Serena Hotel in Kampala, Uganda on 24th November 2022.
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Voices from the Field Special Edition 2022
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