Banana Program Leader, Dr. Priver Namanya (2nd left), explains to Hon. Bright Rwamirama, Minister of State for Animal Industry, about the different improved banana varieties during the 2022 Annual Agricultura show in Jinja.

Annual Agricultural Show

A greenhouse at NARL Kawanda with banana tissue cultures. Macropropagation is one way of producing new and clean plantlets rapidly.

Banana Tissue Cultures

Banana Program Leader, Dr. Priver Namanya (on left), explains to the Hon. Minister Dr. Monica Musenero about the different value addition products from the banana plant.

Banana value Addition Products

Mr Wilson Okurut demonstrating the best mulching materials to use at the 2020 Seeds of Gold Virtual Farm Clinic held at NARL Kawanda.

Virtual Farm Clinic

A well mulched banana plantation with a water trench demonstrating the appropriate soil and water management practices a banana farmer should follow.

Soil & Water Conservation

The NARO Banana team carried out a trial planting of genetically modified cooking bananas with resistance to Banana Xanthomonas (BXW) at a confined field trial (CFT) at NARL - Kawanda.

Transgenic Confined Field Trial (CFT)

Banana Tissue Cultures still in the laboratory. Macropropagation is one way of producing new and clean plantlets rapidly.

Tissue Culture Laboratory

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Our Mandate

As an arm under NARO, the National Banana Research Program mandate is to generate banana varieties that improve of the banana production and productivity in the country.

What we focus on

About Banana Farming

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Banana is still the most preferred staple crop in Uganda. Its ability to fruit all year round makes it more important for household food security and income.

As an arm of National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Uganda, we are mandated to generate new varieties of bananas but provide i...


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Projects

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The National Banana Research Programme (NBRP) is running different projects all with the aim to improve banana productivity within the country and region. Some of the projects are being run in coll...


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Success Stories

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Our Publications

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Welcome to NARO’s Banana Research Programme digital repository. It aims to collect, preserve and showcase the intellectual output of staff and research students. This growing collection of research...


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