ASARECA is USAID/East Africa’s regional African partner for agricultural technology development. ASARECA is a consortium of public, private, and civil society partners in ten countries and supports the mobilization of new plant varieties, technologies and regionally proven management practices to improve productivity and increase access to markets for small holder farmers.

ASARECA will work to organize and facilitate regional collective action in agricultural research, training and technology transfer, to make improved technologies and knowledge widely available, making significant contributions to increase productivity, particularly of small holders.  

ASARECA works closely with the Common Market for Eastern and Central Africa (COMESA) to coordinate the implementation of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), and to increase the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers.