COMPENDIUM OF TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION 2012-2025

Abstract

The National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) was established by the NAR Act 2005 to oversee and cordinate Agricultural Research in Uganda. NARO’s goal is to enhance the contribution of agricultural research for sustainable agricultural productivity, economic growth, food security and poverty eradication through generation and dissemination of appropriate technologies, knowledge and information. The core business is grounded on generation and promotion of Technologies Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPS) in crops, livestock, fisheries and integration of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) with modern scientific methods in some of the research agenda such as biodiversity conservation, characterization and bio-prospecting. The term “technologies” as used in NARO includes strategies, approaches, prototypes, breeds, varieties, provenances, management practices; value added products, recipes and new agricultural knowledge in the domain of crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and natural resource management. This compendium is a documentation of key technologies developed and/or recommended between 2012-2025.