As the festive season ushers in and the year comes to an end, it is with profound appreciation to note that our focus in the year 2011 was on building functional innovation consortia teams responsible for taking bio-science Research for Development (R4D) and innovations to the market.
Appreciation to all the nine consortium teams for the enormous amount of work done, the nine innovations and policy consortia projects are now in place. These innovation and policy consortium projects are now running and are at different stages of implementation. This stupendous commitment is extremely important towards driving our shared agenda of addressing key constraints in the agricultural and environmental subsectors within the Eastern Africa region.
As we approach Christmas season, with all the elation, exhilaration, merriment and excitement, that are part of the tradition, I am glad to take this opportunity to extend Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the New Year 2012 to all our stakeholders, Sida, friends and associates, who have significantly contributed towards achievements of our objectives and intended targets. Your support during the year 2011 helped us on commencing the journey to fulfilling our mission of creating and promoting bio-resource-based innovation systems in Eastern Africa’s economic development processes.
I wish to acknowledge your diligent support that has significantly contributed towards achievements of our objectives in the last one year. I am confident that the spirit of support and cooperation displayed, this far, will be taken further in the New Year.
May we be ever mindful of the spirit of caring, sharing, love and generosity that the Christmas season brings to the fore as we seek to catalyze and deliver agricultural, environmental and industrial innovations that stimulate sustainable transformation, utilization and productivity of the region’s bio-resources.
I wish you all a very happy festive season and an incoming year filled with peace, joy, productivity and prosperity.
Seyoum Leta (PhD)
Bio-Innovate Program Manager
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