Uganda is the host country and Headquarters of the Associations’ Secretariat. In Uganda, ASARECA works mainly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and a number of Ugandan institutions, including Universities (Makerere, Mbarara, and Gulu). To date, ASARECA has invested US$ 17.2 million to catalyze agricultural transformation in Uganda through key beneficiary projects. Through these projects 7.087million beneficiaries were reached, 13,795 stakeholders were trained, and 1,552 ha of land were brought under improved TIMPs