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.
The National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) is one of the 16 Public Agricultural Research Institutes of National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) established by the National Agricultural Research Act 2005.
NaSARRI's mission: To generate, package and disseminate appropriate agricultural production technologies and information for improved and sustained integrated crop and natural resource management in partnership with other stakeholders Read More »
The National Semi – Arid Resources Research Institute(NaSARRI) started its operations way back in 1920. It was initially established as an experimental station for ox-cultivation technologies which were charged to support cotton production in Teso. It as well served as training staff of Department of Agriculture.
It pioneered a research study on cotton, livestock and other animal traction technologies to emphasize quality output under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1992, NaSARRI one of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Research Institutes, was called Serere Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute (SAARI).
It is located in the Eastern Agro-ecological zone in Serere District 21 km south of Soroti town.
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NaSARRI conducts research on only one fibre crop Cotton Read More... |
The dry land cereal programe conducts research in millets (finger and pearl millets) and sorghum. Read More... |
The dry land cereal programme conducts research on Cowpea and Greengram Read More... |
The Oilcrops program conducts research on (Groundnuts, Simsim and Sunflower). Read More... |
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