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Sta a airs
On October 1, Dr Mel Oluoch joined SAA as the Regional Director (RD), taking over the role from Dr Juliana Rwelamira, who retired on September 30. Dr Fentahun Mengistu joined SAA as the Country Director (CD) of Ethiopia from August 1, and Dr Abraham Tadesse was appointed the Deputy Country Director (DCD) from June 1. Dr Aberra Debelo and Dr Habtu Assefa retired as the CD and DCD of Ethiopia on August 31 and May 31, respectively.
Resource mobilisation
SAA continues to receive the long-term and committed support of The Nippon Foundation, and has used this funding
to introduce new technologies, enhance capacity building e orts, and scale up its operations in nine countries.
In an e ort to reinforce the support of
The Nippon Foundation, SAA continued
to diversify its funding sources and in
2018, received funding from the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in Ethiopia and Nigeria to improve markets, and uplift smallholder farmers’ productivity in selected regions. SAA also received funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as well
as the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria. In the same year, Mali progressed the implementation of a project funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scienti c Research (NWO/ WOTRO) on foundation seed production. In Uganda, SAA implemented projects funded by the Ministry of Agriculture (Vegetable Oil Development Project), Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) and K+S GmbH.
A new project funded by the World Food Programme was also launched in 2018.
A women’s group receiving nutrition training at Dacoumani PHTC, Ségou, Mali
A farmer showcases a Women Assisted Demonstration (WAD) maize plot in Ethiopia
SAA Annual Report 2018
Smallholder farmers sharing information at a millet demonstration in Ntungamo District, Uganda
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