Maracha: For decades, the West Nile region was synonymous with tobacco cultivation, alongside traditional staples such as cassava and millet. Many homesteads had the iconic burnt-brick tobacco-drying barns that usually stood out in each compound for their narrow but towering nature. Today, those barns are disappearing as tobacco growing declines sharply. In their place, rice […]
The government of Uganda through the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) Uganda, yesterday received the Regional Biosecurity Diagnostic Laboratory at Namulonge NARO centre under the theme ‘Quick and Accurate Disease detection for Development of Novel Control Strategies of Livestock Epidemics to save life, farmers ‘livelihoods and improve food security’. The state of the art laboratory […]
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) continues to be committed to generating relevant Technologies, Information, Management Practices, and Strategies (TIMPS) for agricultural development and socio- economic transformation. During the FY 2018/19. NARO delivered on all her Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including 20 varieties submitted for release and 70 production technologies developed (Table 1). Remarkably, NARO […]
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has signed an Assignment Agreement with Medical Research Centre (MRC) towards the patenting of a rapid wound healing technology. The end product which utilizes active ingredients in Zanthoxylum has anti-aging properties and is also considered a candidate for healing with cancer related ailments. The partnership between NARO and MRC […]
The National Agricultural Research Organisation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Rotary Uganda to support Rotary District 9211’s Mission Green. Mission Green’s objective is to protect the environment and reduce the adverse effects of climate change and improve the income levels of susceptible groups with the Local Government authorities. While the main objective […]
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) Uganda has released new modern agriculture techniques and varieties that will boost production in Uganda. This was revealed during the First Quarterly Media Brief at Colline Hotel in Mukono yesterday. The media briefing focused on updates about the fall army worm management, vaccine management, transgenic development. NARO is a body […]
