Ms. Julian Barungi
Program Officer, Policy
Ms. Julian Barungi is the Program Officer for Policy at ASARECA. She has over 10 years’ experience in agricultural research for development in Africa, especially in analysing policies and supporting regional and national agricultural policy formulation and reforms. Ms. Barungi is a seasoned process facilitator and has organized and moderated several high-level policy dialogues. She has published in areas of seed policy, agri-food systems governance, forest governance, agricultural markets and intellectual property rights in the agriculture sector. Since joining ASARECA in 2020, she has been engaged in strengthening the capacities of regional and national organizations in policy analysis, formulation and advocacy; and facilitating dialogue on enabling environment for agricultural research, regional trade, and markets. Prior to joining ASARECA, Ms. Barungi worked as a Research Fellow at the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) where she conducted public policy research, advocacy and outreach. Key among her publications are book chapters that she co-authored on “agricultural seeds that reduce hunger and poverty: Policies, perceptions and practices in intellectual property rights” In: Van Genugten, et al. (2011). Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights for Development Objectives: The Double Role of IPRs in the Context of Facilitating MDGs Nos. 1 and 6, published by Wolf Legal Publishers, Nijmegen. Previously, Ms. Barungi worked as an Institutional Strengthening Advisor for the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Program in Uganda where she spearheaded a partnership between ISSD and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to pilot quality assurance for Quality Declared Seed produced by the Local Seed Businesses. Ms. Barungi holds a First Class Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Land Use and Management, and a Master of Business Administration from Makerere University, Uganda. She has also undertaken training courses in agricultural policy analysis and development conducted by the George Washington University and Bioversity International.