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#6 · Agriculture & Agribusiness

Agriculture Research Registry

Every research project across NARO and its institutes, in one searchable home.

Working PrototypeNDPIV Agro-Industrialisation

The problem

Agricultural research in Uganda is delivered by NARO HQ plus 14 stock farms and ranches, 3 zonal institutes (NaRL, MUZARDI, NaCRRI), universities, and private research labs. No central public registry shows what research has been funded, what is in progress, and what conclusions have been reached. Funders duplicate work, farmers cannot find evidence, and NDPIV Agro-Industrialisation yield-improvement targets (coffee 8.1m → 13.5m bags, milk 3.85 → 4.8bn L, tea 39,861 → 49,009 MT, beef 230,746 → 278,447 MT) cannot be traced back to research investment.

The solution

A national Agriculture Research Registry that catalogues every active and completed research project across NARO and its zonal institutes, universities, and private labs. Each project carries NDPIV priority alignment, indicators, budget, completion status, publications, and a citation graph linking related projects. Public read views for farmers, policymakers, and funders; restricted edit access for research institutes. Multi-language UI (English + Luganda + Runyankole-Rukiga).

System architecture

  1. L1
    Institute author tier

    Authenticated edit clients per institute

  2. L2
    Registry services

    Project • Citation • Indicator

    Bounded services that compose the published view

  3. L3
    Data tier

    MongoDB + geospatial cube + citation graph

    Daily-built snapshot for public consumption

  4. L4
    Public reach

    Web + mobile + USSD + printable PDF

    CDN-fronted read API

Technical details

Languages
PHP 8.4, TypeScript
Frameworks
Laravel API, React + Tailwind public site
Database
MongoDB document store + FTS5 + geospatial cube for agri-zones
Hosting
Cloud Compose with read-replica strategy on the public layer
Security
Institute-scoped permissions, signed publication events, public CDN read API
APIs / Integrations
Institute edit API, citation graph API, public read API

NDPIV alignment

Programme: Agro-Industrialisation

Outcome: Outcome 1 - Increased yield of priority agricultural commodities

  • ▸Coffee 8.1m → 13.5m bags
  • ▸Milk 3.85bn → 4.8bn L
  • ▸Tea 39,861 → 49,009 MT
  • ▸Beef 230,746 → 278,447 MT

Demonstration (Section 6)

10-minute YouTube walkthrough showing a NARO Director publishing a new project, a farmer searching by commodity, and a funder filtering by NDPIV indicator.

Supporting documents (Section 7)

  • ▸Architecture diagram (PDF)
  • ▸NDPIV AGRO indicator alignment matrix
  • ▸Sample published projects (Tea Value Addition, Stingless Bee Honey Harvesting)
  • ▸Data-source mapping

Declaration (Section 8)

All boxes ticked.

Signatory: Rodney Echeru, Director, Information Village Limited

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