Abstract:
The report covers the period between December 2001 and May 2002. However, it is important to
link it up to the first joint steering committee (SC) and key stakeholder meeting of the Tree
Biotechnology Project of Uganda (TBP-U) held on the 29 September 2001 at the Grand Imperial
Hotel, Kampala. This meeting was unique in that it was attended by 5 key international
stakeholders; namely, Laurence Cockroft of Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GCF), Bruce Hulett
and Fhc Blakeway of Mondi Forests, Sam Wakhusama of ISAAA, Benson Kanyi of Tree
Biotechnology Project of Kenya (TBP-K), as well as Fred Wajje of World Vision, John Aluma and G
W Otim-Nape, Deputy Director Generals of NARO, John Okorio, George Maiteki, Joe Ssenteza
and James S Epila-Otara from FORRI.