Abstract:
A participatory workshop was held at the Kampala International Conference
Center, on June 16, 2001. The output of the workshop was expected to map out
a way of integrating indigenous knowledge (IK) in NARO’s agricultural technology
development and dissemination process. NARO recognized the importance of IK
while it was developing its ARTP II project and incorporated this in the Strategy
2001 – 2010 and the Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2000 - 2005. A NARO Task
Force produced a proposal towards this cause and requested support from the
WB for this workshop for wider discussion and reaching a national consensus on
the way forward. Participants came from all relevant government ministries,
research and training institutions, donor agencies, NGO/CBO and traditional IK
practitioners.