#NARO Director General Dr. Yona Baguma

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has won the Best Government Institution award at the 32nd National Agricultural Show in Jinja. Closing the event, Minister of State for Agriculture Hon. Desire Muhooza directed NARO to scale up coffee seedling production and announced ministry plans to set up regional exhibition centers across Uganda.

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has launched Skeepon, a Japanese biostimulant technology, to protect Ugandan farmers from drought-induced crop failures. Validated by NARO trials showing up to a 45 percent yield increase, the affordable treatment sustains crop growth without water for three months, anchoring Uganda's new climate-smart agriculture agenda.

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and Rural Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation (RIPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...