agri-food systems

From walking through farms and tracing agricultural histories to listening to farmers and engaging communities in dialogue, a two-week field course in Mityana District offered Makerere University doctoral students a profound lesson: meaningful agricultural innovation begins with the people it seeks to serve. When the classroom moved to Mwera, Mityana For two weeks, the classroom […]

Introduction  Makerere University, through the Departments of Animal and Range Sciences and Extension and Innovation Studies (CAES), in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), specifically the Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MbaZARDI) and Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MuZARDI), Bukalasa Agricultural College, Ghent University, KU Leuven, and HOGENT, has secured VLIR-UOS TEAM 2026 funding for the […]

By Damali Mukhaye Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) is developing an agroecology curriculum to address mounting pressures on agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa, including poverty, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Curriclum development is part of the requirements under the Regional Multi-Actor Research Network for Agroecology in East Africa (RMRN-EA) […]

Makerere University has been selected to host the Africa Office of the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP). The significant milestone that underscores Makerere’s role in fostering research, innovation, and global collaborations across the continent was announced at a meeting of the University’s Central Management with an AAP delegation on 23rd February 2026. Makerere’s selection was […]