While agriculture is one of the key sectors in Uganda’s economy accounting for about 25% of the GDP and 65% of total export earnings while employing about 70% of the population, it remains largely subsistent.

In fact, the rate of growth of the sector is no longer in tandem with that of the population. One of the major reasons is the limited application of technologies in agriculture. As such, NARO continues to emphasize the increased utilization of improved technologies and innovations in agriculture.

This is one of the four strategic results of the current strategic plan, whose overall desired result, in the end, is to ensure that different segments of the Ugandan community are practising transformative agriculture, spurring markets and contributing to industrial development.