The National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) has FOUR Research Programs and Administration as a support Entity.

NAME	PROGRAMME LEADERS PROFILES
Dr. Biruma Moses	Dr. Biruma has over 10 years’ experience in agricultural research and development. He attained his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Master of Science in Crop Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Prior to joining NARO, Moses worked with Plan International in Uganda, Makerere University, African Crop Science Society (ACSS) and the International Institute of tropical Agriculture (IITA-Uganda).Read More...
	Geoffrey Lubadde is a Plant Breeder and currently the Programme Leader Dry Land Cereals at NaSARRI, he holds a PhD in Plant Breeding from the University of Kwazulu Natal-South Africa (UKZN) under the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI). He is an alumnus of Makerere University where he obtained the MSc in Crop science, specialising in plant pathology, and a BSc in Agriculture (hons) specialising in crop science.Read More...
	Dr. Martin Orawu holds a PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of KwaZulu Natal, SouthAfrica. He is a senior plant breeder and genetics working at the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) in Serere, one of the 16 Public Agricultural Research Institutes (PARIs) of National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) in Uganda. He has developed and released nine cowpea varieties with resilient to climate change, major diseases and several desirables attributes preferred by farmers in Uganda. He has participated in project proposal write up and won grants for two consecutive times from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa which he successfully implemented and benefitted the farmers since 2007. He believes that African problems of lack of improved crop varieties, lack of access to quality seed, drought, diseases, pests, hunger, malnutrition and poverty need to work on African crops in order to boost their potential and productivity, consequently enhance farmers’ livelihoods.Read More...
	Obuo John Peter Emidiaits is a Research Officer employed by National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). His station of work is National Semi-Arid Resource Research Institute (NaSARRI) – Serere. He has worked in NARO for 22 years. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture majoring in agronomy discipline. He has trained in both short and medium term courses, which include; Dryland farming, Learning together for change in integrated agricultural research for development (IAR4D), Farmer participatory Research and Market research, Marketing, Team building, stakeholder analysis, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Management Information systems, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation and Leadership.Read More...