NARO Annual Report 2015 - 2016

Abstract

Word from Chairman, NARO Governing Council

NARO’s mandate is generation and promotion of technologies, Innovations and Management practices (tIMpS) in crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries sub-sectors. Furthermore, agricultural research integrates indigenous knowledge (IK) with modern scientific methods in addressing the challenges of biodiversity conservation, characterization and bio-prospecting.

The Governing Council has approved a number of policies and strategies that have provided direction to agricultural research. NARO’s collaboration and partnership with development partners, NGO’s, Government Agencies, farmers and farmer groups continued over the past year and will do so for the foreseeable future. We gratefully appreciate the support and participation of the district local governments where NARO’s institutes are located. The districts are our key partners and provide favourable environments for uptake of agricultural technologies and innovations.

I thank the Government of Uganda and Development Partners for supporting agricultural research in this country. The support has enabled National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) to contribute meaningfully to sustainable agricultural productivity, economic growth, food and nutrition security as well as poverty eradication in the country.

Lastly, I thank the scientists, technicians and support staff for a job well done in the last reporting year. We did not experience any challenges that curtailed the activities. We look forward to another successful year in 2016/17.

Prof. Joseph Obua Chairman, NARO Governing Council