The government of Uganda has decided to open a world-class research center for rice research at the Namulonge Crops Research Institute in the southern district of Wakiso after received a US$6-million grant from Japan, one of the world's leading rice growers, to establish the facility.
The deal was signed on 22 March 2009 in Kampala by Ugandan finance minister Syda Bbumba and Seki Tetsuo of the Japan International Co-operation Agency.
Bbumba, who is also chair of the East African Development Bank's governing council, said that the Ugandan government is promoting rice as part of its Plan for Modernization of Agriculture initiative.
The new research facility is expected to increase productivity and improve the quality of rice cultivated in East Africa. Japanese ambassador to Uganda Kato Keiichi said that research into rice was a key sector of co-operation between his country and Uganda.
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