Click on the link below to view the webinar by Emmanuel Mbeyagala from the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda on 4 June 2026 entitled Fast-Tracking Farmer Evaluation of Multi-Crop Advanced Lines in Uganda Using the Tricot Approach.
Presenter Bio: Dr Emmanuel Mbeyagala is a legume breeder and Senior Research Officer at the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), based at the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI). At NARO, he oversees and coordinates research on mungbean, cowpea and pigeonpea breeding, and serves as Program Leader of NARO’s Dryland Legume Research Program. He also holds a position as Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (FAAS), Busitema University.
Contact Emmanuel at mbeyaka@yahoo.co.uk
Summary of presentation: Emmanuel reported on the use of the tricot approach to evaluate advanced lines of four crops — sorghum, finger millet, cowpea and pigeonpea — in on-farm trials across the eastern and northern regions of Uganda, with the participation of 350 farmers. Farmer preferences and rankings were collected at four growth stages (emergence, reproductive, maturity, and post-harvest) using ODK or Kobo Collect. Results identified the most preferred genotypes across all four crops: IT06K-281-1 and AYIYI for cowpea; Naromil 4 and Naromil 5 for finger millet; ICEAP 00557 and ICEAP 00554 for pigeonpea; and NAROSOGH2 and NAROSORGH4 for sorghum. Farmers’ choices were broadly shaped by traits including grain colour, marketability, grain size, yield, threshability, and stover yield.
