| Summary: | For 50 years, CGIAR has undertaken world-class research and innovation aimed at lifting millions of people out of poverty. In Uganda, CGIAR has had a longstanding research for development (R4D) partnership with the national agricultural research institutions, extension system, regional organizations such as the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), ministries such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Ministry of Health (MOH) and recently closely engaged with the National Planning Authority (NPA) and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). CGIAR has also closely worked with a host of national and international development and private sector organizations towards achieving national development priorities. Besides R4D, CGIAR has made significant contributions to policy, technology transfer and capacity building.
This report presents the food systems R4D work that has been carried out, is under implementation, and is planned for the next five years by CGIAR centers and partners in Uganda. The rationale of this exercise was to provide information that can be used for strategic guidance, better coherence, convergence, and alignment of priorities and results among CGIAR research teams and their partners from the government, non-government, and private sectors. Specific objectives were to: (i) map and profile food systems R4D work that has been carried out, is currently under implementation, and is being planned for the next five years by the Uganda-based CGIAR centers and partners, (ii) document the alignment of the R4D work being carried out and planned by CGIAR centers and partners to the Uganda government priorities, and (iii) identify the strengths, gaps, and opportunities of the food systems R4D work by CGIAR and partners in Uganda.
The key themes of the mapping and profiling were CGIAR strategic impact areas, type of CGIAR initiative, title of CGIAR project, CGIAR implementing center, key value chains or agri-food systems targeted, key innovations, the target population of focus, districts, regions, and alignment with government priorities. Additional mapping and profiling themes included CGIAR's engagement with partners in Uganda, their points of engagement, project duration, contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the number of partners per project.
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