The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a non-political organization of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of ten countries: Burundi, D. R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It aims at increasing the efficiency of agricultural research in the region so as to facilitate economic growth, food security and export competitiveness through productive and sustainable agriculture. ASARECA was established, following the approval of the “Framework for Action for Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa”, by a meeting of stakeholders held in Kampala, Uganda, in November 1993. ASARECA offices are in Entebbe, Uganda.