National Crops Resources Research Institute

National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) is a research institute based in Uganda, established under the National Agricultural Research Organization. It is registered in SAM.gov as a foreign government entity to receive federal grant awards from the United States.

NaCRRI has primarily provided services through sub-awards on federal grants managed by prime awardees like the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Cornell University. These sub-awards have focused on facilitating confined field trials and biosafety compliance for transgenic crop research in Uganda, particularly for cassava and other root crops. NaCRRI has established field trial sites, laboratories, and screenhouses to support this work, adhering to regulatory requirements from Ugandan agencies like the Plant Quarantine and Inspection Service, the National Biosafety Committee, and NaCRRI's own Institutional Biosafety Committee. NaCRRI conducts field evaluations, laboratory analyses, pursues regulatory approvals, and represents projects before authorities. It also performs outreach to build technical capacity and societal acceptance for biotech crops. Additionally, NaCRRI conserves elite transgenic plant lines developed under these projects for further assessment by partners. The grants have involved collaborations spanning multiple African nations working on crops like cassava, legumes, roots, tubers, bananas, sorghum, and millet.