PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CENTRE     
PGRC Entebbe Botanic Gardens Entebbe Botanic Gardens Genebank Seed storage
Introduction
Strategic Objectives
PGRC Activities
Entebbe Botanic Garden
Uganda National Genebank
Partners and Funders

 

 

 

           Contacts:
Entebbe Botanic Gardens P.O.Box 40 Entebbe
Tel:+256 0414 320638
E-Mail: curator@infocom.org

Designed by;
Brenda Namulondo belithalee@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND

The Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC) is an institution under the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO).It is an entity comprising the historical Entebbe Botanic Gardens (EBG) and the Uganda National Gene bank (UNGB), located at 34km north of Kampala and 5km from Entebbe International airport.

Mission

The mission of the Centre is to ensure the conservation, management and sustainable use of Uganda’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) while optimizing their full potential in contributing to national development goals.

Plant Genetic Resourced for Food and Agriculture constitute one of the most important resources for achieving Uganda’s development goals including poverty eradication, food security, medical and industrial advancement hence a key ingredient in the nations transformation process. Threatened with the various human activities which keep increasing with the rapid population growth, these resources need to be secured, studied and made readily available for research and development. This forms the core business of the PGRC. 

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

To collect and maintain stocks of diverse plant germplasm.

Enhance utilization of germplasm through characterization evaluation and genetic     enhancement.
To develop information and documentation systems and strengthen linkages among     stakeholders.
To promote community based and on-farm conservation of PGR as a basis for sustainable     natural resource management.
To contribute to development and promotion of acceptable germplasm exchange     mechanisms.
To enhance the role of the Botanic Gardens in National development

 

 PARTNERSHIPS AND            FUNDING
There are various organizations and institutions that have contributed to the work of PGRC and they include:

1. The Government of Uganda
2. Sida (Swedish International     Development Corporation     Agency)
3. UNEP/GEF
4. The World Bank
5. DANIDA (The Danish    International Development    Agency)
6. EAPGREN (East Africa     Plant Genetic Resource     Network
7. Bioversity International
8. Makerere University
9. National Environment     Management Authority
10.Uganda Wildlife Authority
11.Uganda National Farmers’      Federation
12. National Agricultural      Research Organisation      (NARO) Institutes
13. ACODE and many other       civil society organizations

 

 
Plant Genetic Resource Centre is administratively under the National Agricultural Research Laboratories which is a semi autonomous Research Institute under the Policy guidance of NARO with headquators at Entebbe, Uganda. Copyright ©2009, PGRC Entebbe Botanical Garden.