Activists under their umbrella body Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) are asking government to halt the process of leasing out Namulonge land to businessman Sudhir Rupareria to grow flowers saying the said land is meant to be used by the research center for agricultural development.

Addressing journalists in Kampala today the Executive Director ACCU, Cissy Kagaba, stated that flowers are not among the crops being researched on by NARO and this will be out of order to give Premier Roses over 900 acres of land and disagrees with the reports that the research center has maintained land idle.

The activists now maintain that the research center has very little land to carry out research at Namulonge and giving away land to Prime Roses will in the long run affect the center and now call for clear policies on land giveaway to investors in the country.

Namulonge has 2020 acres of land that houses buildings, farms for both animals and plants with research facilities.

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Dr Emily Twinamasiko, NARO Director General, Dr Seyfu Ketema ASARECA Executive Director, and Tress Bucyanayandi, Uganda’s Agriculture Minister launch the ASARECA General Assembly

The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) will be holding their first General Assembly in December, in Entebbe, Uganda.

The General Assembly that is attracting participants from the 10 ASERECA member countries begins on Wednesday December 14th and closes on Friday December 16th.

The GA was launched last week, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and NARO at the media center, under the theme, “Feeding our region in the 21st Century”..

ASARECA will be sharing the research breakthroughs in the agricultural research sector as witnessed in the region, which is the ten ASARECA member countries in Eastern and Central Africa.

This will include research on the banana diseases, cassava, maize, and other staple food crops, as well as new technologies that have been developed and tested in Uganda, and other countries to improve the agricultural output and sustainability of crops.

You can be part of the event by participating via facebook, myspace or twitter. The twitter hashtags are #ASERECA, #Africa Agriculture, #Agriculture Innovations.

The General meeting is being screened live at our online video channel http://www.livestream.com/weinformers

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