LSC Information Services for Climate-Resilient Food Systems at ASARECA conference

Date: May 25, 2023    Author: Ermias Betemariam (CIFOR-ICRAF), Thaïsa van der Woude (ISRIC), Emily Toner (ISRIC)

A delegation from the Land Soil Crop Hubs project will present at the ASARECA Agriculture Ministerial Conference in Uganda from 17-19 May, 2023.

A delegation from the Land Soil Crop Hubs project will attend the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Agriculture Ministerial Conference in Uganda from 17-19 May, 2023. The theme of this gathering, which will be attended by the 14 ASARECA member states in East and Central Africa, is “Building Resilient Food Systems to Feed Africa for Generations.”

LSC Hubs project team members will present at 16:00 on Thursday, 18 May as part of the session on “Partnership for Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Transformation.”

The presentations at the ASARECA conference will:

• Share lessons learned from LSC Hub development in Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda.
• Discuss how an LSC Hub system contributes to building resilient food systems and opportunities to scale it up to other ASARECA member countries.

The following people and institutions will be part of the LSC Hubs presentation:

Topic	Speaker
Overview of the LSC-IS project	Thaïsa van der Woude MSc Project coordinator ISRIC - World Soil Information
Opportunity for LSC Information Services for scaling CSA in ASARECA region	Dr. John Recha Scientist, Climate-Smart Agriculture and Policy International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Lessons from Kenya	Dr. Kennedy Were Research Geographer (spatial Scientist) Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Lessons from Rwanda	Eric Nsabimana MSc Data-GIS specialist Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB)
Lessons from Ethiopia	Dr. Girma Mamo Director, Climate, Geospatial and Biometrics Research Directorate Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)

Moderators

Dr. Ermias Betemariam Land health scientist   Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Blaise Amony MSc Program officer Capacity Development   Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)

Dr. Jules Rutebuka Regional Program Officer, Sustainable Agriculture   The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

See the concept note for this session