Insights from the SPIA Uganda Report 2025 Launch Event, Kampala, UG.
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From
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service
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Published on
04.04.25

On March 7th the World Bank LSMS-ISA, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), and CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), launched its third country study report (following Ethiopia and Vietnam INSERT CROSS-LINKS). The report, SPIA Uganda study 2025: Agricultural Diversity Under Stress, features the whole range of agricultural innovations in Uganda. One unique feature is the inclusion of DNA fingerprinting of plant samples from six crops maize, cassava, banana, beans, sweet potato and groundnut.