1 The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

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1 Title PI Co-Researchers Purpose Project Summary Improving Mungbean productivity for nutritional diversification, income and food security in Uganda [Phase II] Herbert Talwana (PhD) Department of Agricultural Production, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Makerere University P. O. Box 7062 Kampala Uganda Tel.: Office ; Mobile ; Skype name: talwana Moses Biruma National Agricultural Research Organizationn-National Semi-Arid Research Resources Institute. P. O Box Soroti, Uganda. mosesbiruma@gmail.com Tel: Frank Kagoda NARO - Buginyanya ZARDI Ikulwe Satellite Station. P. O. Box 1356, Mbale Tel ; ; fkagoda@gmail.com The project aims at providing and promoting guidelines for improved mungbean production and productivity as a crop for nutritional diversification, income and food security in Uganda. The proposed project builds on a previous RUFORUM grant (RU2010GRG16) which supported mungbean value chain analysis to identify the key constraints to production, consumption and marketing as perceived by farmers; and assembling and characterizing mungbean germplasm to identify and quantify genetic diversity, and potential for cross-combinations in their breeding. The current project will identify and release genotypes with stable performance, early and synchronous maturity, resistance to Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) and other diseases, and tolerance to insect-pests, and adapted to smallholder cropping systems. The proposed project will continue to contribute to national research capacity development through graduate training; and improving the capacity of School of Agricultural Sciences Makerere University to produce high quality and innovative training, research and outreach activities that can contribute to agricultural 1

2 Country and Specific Location(s) Participating Institutions Start Date 1 st October 2014 End Date 30 th March 2017 Amount of Funding $64,374 policy and development practice. Uganda, eastern districts of Mayuge, Serere and Lira National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), Serere Buginyanya Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Ikulwe Satellite Station 2

3 Herbert Talwana (PhD) Dr. Herbert Talwana has professional training in Applied Biological Sciences, particularly crop sciences. He holds a B.Sc Agriculture (Makerere University) 1994, M.Sc Agriculture (Crop science) (Makerere University) 1997 and PhD (Applied Biological Sciences) (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium), He has passion in the area of crop protection, spanning the fields of Nematology, Entomology and Plant Pathology comprising systematics, ecology, biodiversity and evolution, and the development of control strategies. Dr. Talwana has over 15 years experience working in Agricultural Research, Regulation, Extension and Training. Currently, he is an Associate Professor, Applied Entomology and Nematology at Makerere University Uganda. Dr. Talwana has also served in various capacities as: a biological efficacy evaluator of agrochemicals, an organic crop production systems specialist, an agricultural management advisor, and an Agricultural Sanitary and Phytosanitary Inspector. Besides the technical professional fields of academic leadership, Dr. Talwana has expertise in: Personal Mastery and Soft Skills; Outcome mapping; Facilitation of learning, strategy development, team building and large group meetings; and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation especially of Agricultural projects. He has served at national and international level with agricultural systems in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. He is a member of various professional bodies including: African Crop Science Society (ACSS), Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), Nematology Society of Southern Africa (NSSA) Member, organising committee 6th International Nematology Congress, South Africa 2014, Nematology Initiative in East and Southern Africa (NIESA) Founder member, Eastern Africa Initiative for the Barcode of Life Steering committee member, East African Taxonomy Network (EAFRINET), a Locally Owned and Operated Portal of BioNET National Coordinating Institution (NaCI) Representative for Uganda. 3

4 Selected Publications Waniale, A., Wanyera, N., & Talwana, H. (2014). Morphological and agronomic traits variation for Mungbean variety selection and improvement in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal 22(2): Kamira M., Hauser, S., Van Asten, P., Coyne, D., & Talwana, H.L. (2013). Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo. Nematropica 43: Nakacwa, R., Kiggundu, A., Talwana, H., Namaganda, J., Lilley, C., Tushemereirwe, W., Atkinson, H. (2013). Nematode 18S rrna gene is a reliable tool for environmental biosafety assessment of transgenic banana in confined field trials. Transgenic Research 22: DOI /s Anyanga, M., Muyinza, H., Talwana, H., Hall, D., Farman, D., Ssemakula, G., Mwanga, R., Stevenson, P. (2013). Resistance to the Weevils Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus conferred by Sweetpotato root surface compounds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61, Mudiope, J., Coyne, D.L., Adipala, E., & Talwana, H.A.L. (2012). Damage to yam (Dioscorea spp.) by root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) under field and storage conditions in Uganda. Nematropica 42: Maphosa, M., Talwana, H., & Tukamuhabwa, P. (2012). Enhancing soybean rust resistance through Rpp2, Rpp3 and Rpp4 pair wise gene pyramiding. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(30): Maphosa, M., Talwana, H., Gibson, P., & Tukamuhabwa, P. (2012). Combining ability for resistance to soybean rust in F2 and F3 soybean populations. Field Crops Research 130: 1 7 Muyinza, H., Talwana, H.L., Mwanga, R.O.M., & Stevenson, P.C. (2012). Sweetpotato weevil (Cylas spp.) resistance in African sweetpotato germplasm. International Journal of Pest Management 58: Kagoda, F., Derera, J., Tongoona, P., Coyne, D.L., & Talwana, H.L. (2011). Grain yield and heterosis of maize hybrids under nematode infested and nematicide treated conditions. Journal of Nematology 43:

5 Previously funded projects : Building Research and Training capacities to develop innovations in ecological intensification of cereal based cropping systems for improving productivity, food security and resilience to climate change in Uganda. Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) Swedish Research Training Partnership Program for new research collaboration agreement with Uganda. Principal Investigator : Improving Mungbean (Vigna radiata) productivity for nutritional diversification, income and food security in Uganda. RUFORUM Graduate Research Grants. Principal Investigator. Regional Capacity Building for Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Agricultural Productivity under Changing Climate NORAD/NORHED Collaborator African Pesticide Residue Data Generation Project World Trade Organization STDF/PG/359. Collaborator 5