The Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture’s staff started with a review of the Department’s Strategic and Operational Plans in Entebbe Uganda, 2 December 2013

HE Mrs Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Dr Abebe haile Gabriel, Director of DREA and Mr Mandla Madonsela, Director for Strategic Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, International Cooperation and Resource Mobilization, members of staff of DREA from three divisions (Agriculture and Food Security, Environment and Natural Resources, and Rural economy), technical offices (Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR), Pan African Vaccine Centre (PANVAC), Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC), Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (SAFGRAD), Interafrican Phytosanitary Counsel (IAPSC) Special programmes; the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA), among others are participating in a two-days (2 – 3 December 2013) DREA retreat to review and finalize the Department’s strategic and Operational Plans 2014 – 2017 in Entebbe, Uganda prior to the meeting with partners and stakeholders on the same to be held 4 – 5 December 2013. Du ring the retreat the participants will discuss the latest version of the Strategic and Operational plans, refine the mains sections ( i.e.: Animal resources, Environment and Natural resources as well as Food security and Rural Economy) of the documents and kick start the preparation of the 2014, Year of Agriculture and Food Security’s activities.
In her opening statement, below, HE Mrs Tumusiime Rhoda Peace thanked the participants to the retreat for their cooperation and contribution.