World Food Day at Rwebitaba ZARDI
H.E Yoweri K. Museveni the president of the Republic of Uganda visiting the NaSARRI stall at the World Food Day (WFD) Celebrations 2015 at Rwebitaba ZARDI one of the NARO Institutes in Fortportal District.
H.E Yoweri K. Museveni the president of the Republic of Uganda visiting the NaSARRI stall at the World Food Day (WFD) Celebrations 2015 at Rwebitaba ZARDI one of the NARO Institutes in Fortportal District.
It’s against the back drop that the National agricultural Research Organization (NARO) in partnership with the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) initiated a course to train the technicians in breeding techniques.
Upon Successful Implementation of Phase one, NaSARRI has been considered to implement the second phase of the project adding sorghum as another crop to be improved upon. The project implemented in partnership with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi -Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in Kenya had initially considered finger millet in its first phase.
During a back stopping visit for the HOPE2 project, Dr. Erick Manyasa and Dr.HamadoTapsoba officials from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics- ICRISAT Nairobi visited the project implementing partner in Uganda and expressed content with the project progress so far. Dr. Manyasa had met with the project team at the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute-Serere
NaSARRI and Equator Seeds Company are in a partnership to implement a groundnut seed production project that will see farmers in the northern part of the country produce and supply over 800 metric tons to the seed company by the end of the project. With this, the farmers are bound to increase their income by at least 10 per cent.
In eastern and northern Uganda, greengram, popularly known as choroko in Ateso, has been cultivated and consumed for a long time in these regions. The area under greengram is expanding due to increased demand, both in local and regional markets especially Kenya and South Sudan.
This 30 member group with over 70% women a found Alero Sub-county Nwoya district in Northern started groundnut seed production last year on a one acre piece of land but their interest for the crop is only growing every other day.
This release has come after a period of testing, and has been informed by famers’ preferences through a number of participatory variety selections, during the National Performance Trial (NPT) evaluation process and finally the Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) test before being released by the National Variety Release Committee (VRC), under MAAIF, during a meeting that was held at Namalere a Kampala Suburb on 05/07/2017.
