National Banana Research Program

NBRP as a research arm of NARO
As one of the research arms of NARO, the National Banana Research Program is mandated to carry out research on Banana in Uganda. Its goal is to enhance banana productivity and utilization through development and promotion of technologies for integrated management of weevil, black Sigatoka and nematodes.

Enhanced banana productivity will, in turn, contribute to the Uganda national goal of improving food security and household income of people living under severe poverty.

The NBRP Team

The NBRP comprises a team of interdisplinary scientists working closely to ensure that Banana improvement is approached from a wholistic perspective. The following working groups make up the Banana research team;

Breeding
Biotechnology
Communication
Socioeconomics
Marketing
Biodiversity Conservation
Post-harvest

Useful Contacts

NARO
Plan for Modernising Agriculture
National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)
Uganda National Farmers Federation
National Environmental Management Authority
Faculty of Agriculture (FAF) - Makerere University
Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation. (FAFCN)
Uganda National Council of Science and Technology

Location

• National Agricultural Research Laboratories Institute
• 13Km on Bombo Road, Kampala, Uganda
• 20-30 minutes Drive from the City Centre
• Office Hours: 08:00am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday

Course Announcement
Statistics and Statistical Computing Course with SAS 19-30 January 2009

List of publication now available