What you didn’t Know about the EU's Deep Coffee Ties with Uganda 1. The European Union has committed over €10 million to Coffee Research in Uganda 2. France has channelled €55 million through two Ugandan banks, providing crucial financial access to smallholder coffee farmers.

NARO, through the #AIRTEA project, hosted a #Cassava #ValueChain Workshop NARO_NgettaZARDI, Lira; bringing together farmers, private sector, & community players to enhance #access to clean #planting material & #valueaddition. Technical #expertise was from scientists NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge

A delegation of Senior Principal #Officers from the #Prisons Academy and #Training School, #Luzira, representing various units of the Uganda Prisons Service, visited NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge to expand their knowledge of research and technologies developed by NARO Uganda

Dr. Titus Alicai, the Director of NaCRRI, officially insitutes an Ornamental Plant Beautification and #Environmental Conservation Initiative, aimed at enhancing #green spaces within NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge. This, to promote environmental #conservation & increase green cover in NaCRRI.

Join us on the 11th & 12th April, from 9:00am - 5:00pm for an #Agribusiness Expo & #Trade Symposium NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge Theme: #WealthCreation, Resilience & Sustainable Agriculture, through Agribusiness & #innovation. #Free entrance. We're looking forward to interacting with you.

🚨TOMORROW IS THE DAY! 🚨 All roads lead to NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge for our first-ever #Agribusiness #Expo & Trade Symposium, in collaboration with the East African Grain Council. We're excited about the #partnerships, & #market opportunities this event will create for all stakeholders.

I officiated today at NARO Uganda /grain council agricultural expo at Namulonge. Happy to see farmers interacting with reasech appropriate technologies most revelant to their farm needs. I later inspected NARO Uganda 's anti-tick factory final phase works.Very exciting progress.

Today,Frank K Tumwebaze,MP: Isaiah 41: 11 Minister MAAIF 🇺🇬, officially launched the inaugural NARO–EAGC Agribusiness #Expo & Trade Symposium 25 NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge The event convened key stakeholders from across the agricultural value chain to exchange knowledge, showcase innovations, & boost trade.

Highlights from the final day of the NARO–EAGC #Agribusiness #Expo. A big #THANKYOU to all our #incredible partners, #exhibitors, and #everyone who showed up and made this #inaugural expo a #success! Your #energy, #innovation, and #support brought the #event to #life. #BUBU

#HappeningNow: Stakeholders across the #Rice #valuechain are participating in a workshop to conduct a comprehensive #GapAnalysis of the rice-based #AgriFood system. The goal is to identify key #Intervention and #Investment opportunities in Uganda. Venue: National Agricultural Research Laboratories(NARL) IRRI 🌾

Day 2 of the #Rice Value Chain meeting: Focused on a participatory, forward-looking approach; identifying leverage points, prioritizing R&D, and exploring future scenarios for Uganda’s rice agri-food systems amid #climatechange, population growth, market shifts & tech advances.

We are #honored to be part of this national celebration, highlighting the #vital #role of #science, #technology, and #innovation in transforming lives and livelihoods

We're excited to host #scientists from the #West #African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) program representing DRC, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon here at NaCRRI for a training on #Cassava #BrownStreak Disease (CBSD) survey techniques. #PlantHealth #FoodSecurity #CropProtection

Today, Dr. Titus Alicai hosted Dr. Tsegay Berhane Ghebremariam, #Director #General of the National Agricultural Research Institute of #Eritrea, with Dr. Negusse Abraham, Director of #Crop Improvement. The visit focused on exploring potential #collaboration areas with NARO.

Scientific Seminar talk NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge by Enoch Wembabazi on #Phenotyping Root Quality Traits to Support #Breeding of Demand Driven Products: A case of #RTB Crops. He shared how the evaluation of RTB crops to meet agronomic traits, consumer taste & processor preferences is done.

Our teams are actively engaging with aspiring young leaders & future farmers at the ongoing #EducationShow in Jinja. Sparking curiosity & ambition in Uganda's young minds. Bring your young ones for an inspiring experience; a chance to explore, learn & grow into agri-champions

🚜 NARO was honoured to host FAO Director-General QU Dongyu for a tour of our #research facilities and an exhibition spotlighting cutting-edge #technologies and #innovation. He was received by the Minister of Agriculture Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino MP NARO Uganda DG, MAAIF 🇺🇬 officials & staff.

Today, @NaCRRI_Ug hosted stakeholders from 9 countries across East & Southern Africa for a high-level learning visit focused on building #resilient #seedsystems. Reaffirming our support for #Vision2040 with breeding, resilience, commercialization & value addition as key areas.

Today, NARO-NaCRRI-Namulonge welcomed a delegation from #Eritrea’s Ministry of Agriculture. Facilitated by NOGAMU_Uganda, the tour spotlighted #Uganda’s #Agri-innovation from #Cropresearch to #Climatesmart farming. Deepening #Regional #Collaboration and #Knowledge sharing.

Scientific talks alerts: Occident Bongomin shared how #machinelearning is transforming #biomass waste co-gasification, producing cleaner energy &biochar to boost #soilhealth. Wilber Ssekandi shared innovations helping bean farmers adapt to #climatechange protecting their trade.