Significant progress has been achieved in the implementation of the new NARO Strategic Plan. These achievements have contributed to the country’s development indicators, the development plans and the government’s future socio-economic commitments to Ugandans. They have also been incorporated in research related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ending poverty, ending hunger and achieving food security, gender equality and taking action to combat climate change.

NARO continues to lead the way in crop, livestock, fisheries, forestry and tea research in addition to socio-economic and cross cutting research, agricultural engineering, value addition and seed multiplication.