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Joshua Okonya is an agricultural scientist

Kampala, Uganda
Joined September 2010
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@WatDev1
WatDev
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๐Ÿ“… Itโ€™s happening tomorrow! Join us on 1 Dec at SEKEM Farm (@sekemgroup) (Belbies, Egypt) for the #WATDEV Regional Workshop on co-creating the best #BMPs! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’งWith @HUEgypt , @ASARECA , @AICS_Cairo , @ISRICorg โ€” a full day of ideas, teamwork & innovation. ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒฟ
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@MakCoNAS
Makerere University College of Natural Sciences
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Dr Jackson Efitre from @MakCoNAS is participating in the 2025 @UNFCCC COP 30 in Brazil. On Wednesday, 19th November, 10am Brazil time (4pm EAT), he will host a side event on scaling fish processing technologies & women empowerment for improved incomes & resilient livelihoods.
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@CGIARAfrica
AICCRA
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๐Ÿคฉ AICCRA partners at #COP30 with @CGIARclimate. As our session on scaling data and AI-driven tools wrapped up, @AlcadeCS asked each of the speakers to say one thing we need for resilience. The answers? Capacity building + inclusion + integration + partnership + enabling
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@CCD_UG
Climate Change Department
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#UGCOP30 Proud to join fellow @LDCChairUNFCCC ministers and negotiators at #COP30 in Belรฉm, Brazil. #Uganda continues to play a leading role within the Group of LDCs , championing adaptation ambition, and access to finance for the most vulnerable nations. #ClimateAction #ccd
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@sdbaguma
Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma (PhD)
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The Belem @Cop30noBrasil is promising to ensuring that all parties move together in delivering on the promises made by all. Resources will be provided. What We need is to talk and walk the same path. @ASARECA represented by the @AsarecaED with Dr J. Okonya and Ms J. Barungi.
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@solomonkalema1
Solomon M. Kalema
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Next year, 2026, is more than just a new year. In Africa, it is the first year of the new decade of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Here is my take. @choi_afdb @MosesVilakati @KugonzaJane @AUC_CAADP @ASARECA @FAOAfrica https://t.co/gQwCIZ4zMh
newvision.co.ug
The Kampala Declaration also calls for putting an end to hunger on the continent, allocation of at least 10% of annual public expenditure to agrifood systems and raising the share of locally proces...
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@NARO_NaCRRI
NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge
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Congratulations Dr. Micheal H Otim! ๐ŸŽ‰ We celebrate Dr @motim9405 Senior Principal Research Scientist @NARO_NaCRRI on his induction as a #Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences. A #prestigious #recognition of his outstanding contributions to agric science in Uganda.
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@PS_MAAIF
Maj. Gen. (Rtd) David Kasura-Kyomukama
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I wish to congratulate our scientists in the agricultural sector who have been inducted into the Uganda National Academy of Sciences. Agricultural science and research are among the key contributors to our country's efforts aimed at boosting both production and productivity.
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@CGIARAfrica
AICCRA
2 months
Read more on the validation of the #CSA scaling strategy in today's @KilimoNews piece ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/96WHLzg0u0 #ClimateSmartAfrica #ReadyToScale
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By Kimuri Mwangi
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
1 month
Our Programme Officer for Agricultural Technologies and Innovation Dr. Joshua Okonya @joshuaokonya ,at @ASARECA, was one of the 27 eminent Ugandan scientists recently elected as a fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS). This high honour is for his outstanding
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@CGIARAfrica
AICCRA
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#HappeningNow ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น With strong collaboration with @ASARECA and CSA experts from its member countries, a stakeholders' consultation workshop is underway to map a CSA handbook for Eastern and Central Africa. AICCRA partnered with @ccardesa_sadc in 2023 to create a similar handbook
aiccra.cgiar.org
@ASARECA
ASARECA
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The stakeholder consultation workshop for the Eastern and Central Africa #ClimateSmartAgriculture (CSA) #Handbook is underway in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa. It is convened by @ASARECA and @CGIAR partners, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (@BiovIntCIAT_eng )
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
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Through the the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (@CGIARAfrica ) Project ( https://t.co/ki2Ikks6uF), we are working with regional partners such as @ASARECA , @IGADsecretariat , @CCARDESSA, and @CORAFNews to leverage their convening experience, expertise,
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
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The stakeholder consultation workshop for the Eastern and Central Africa #ClimateSmartAgriculture (CSA) #Handbook is underway in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa. It is convened by @ASARECA and @CGIAR partners, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (@BiovIntCIAT_eng )
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
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@ASARECA and @CGIAR partners Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (@BiovIntCIAT_eng ), have convened a Stakeholder Consultation Workshop to Validate the draft @ASARECA #ClimateSmartAgriculture #Handbook on October 28 to October 31, in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis
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@newvisionwire
The New Vision
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The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) has drawn strategic plans to scale up the mass rearing of Black Soldier Flies. #VisionUpdates https://t.co/4fFyuh1CYX
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According to Dr Maxwell Otim, the commissioner in charge of Entomology in the agriculture ministry, the Government will collaborate with ASARECA to promote BSF production throughout the country after...
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@CIRD_Insects
Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD)
2 months
CIRD thanks ASARECA for choosing CIRD for the partnership to train 66 fish farmers from all agroecological zones of Uganda on black soldier fly farming and provide them with startup kit for BSF farming #asareca #ifad #bsfuganda #cird
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@CIRD_Insects
Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD)
2 months
On 22nd October 2025 CIRD hosted 66 stakeholders from the fish farming community....supported by ASARECA to pilot black soldier fly farming as fish animal feed. #cird #bsf #asareca
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
2 months
โ€œThe practical training in #BlackSoldierFly (#BSF) mass rearing and #climatesmart #fishfeedinnovations marks a significant milestone in building #resilientaquaculture systems in Uganda,โ€ the Commissioner for Entomology, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
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The Practical training on #BlackSoldierFly (#BSF) mass rearing and scaling of #ClimateSmartFish Feed Innovations in Uganda is underway in Ugandaโ€™s capital, Kampala. It is running from to October 21, to October 25, 2025 and is organized by @ASARECA in collaboration with the
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@ASARECA
ASARECA
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โ€œBy supporting the integration of #insects into fish farming, we are directly supporting farmers to transition to agroecology. By using locally available #organicwaste to feed insects of economic importance, we produce high-value protein while simultaneously generating organic
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