Establishment of the forestry and scientific department
1919 - 1930
Establishment of the Experimental Station at Kadungulu, Sims: and Serere in Teso; Bukalasa, Kikumiro, Kituza and Masaka in central region; Fort portal and Namenage in the western parts of the country
1938
Nakawa Forestry Research Center was established.
1956
East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization (EATRO) now home of NALIRRI was founded
2000
Establishment of Agricultural Research and Development Centres (ARDCs) to enhance access to research services to farmers in remote rural areas
1898
Establishment of the Botanic Gardens for evaluation of crops that could be grown for export and food security for the Ugandan protectorate
1907 - 1910
Transformation of the Forestry and Scientific Department into Botanical, Forestry and Scientific Department and then into the Department of Agriculture with the mandate of improving the quality of primary commodities for export
1937 - 1990
The research division relocated to Kawanda and expansion of research under different ministries notably, crops, fisheries and forestry initiated.
1947
East African Fisheries Research Organization (EAFRO) was established
1992
Establishment of National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) by NARO statute 1992 as a semi-autonomous institution and a body corporate; thus consolidation research in crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry under one institution
2005
Reconstitution of the National Agriculture Research Systems (NARS) under the umbrella of a new NARO.
