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The IWMNet project runs under the College
of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, and is under the School of
Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Agriculture Production (formally
Departments of Soil Science, Crop Science and Animal Science). The Department has some sub-units of which
the Soil and Water Unit directly handles the IIWMNet project. The Department has continued to excel in
academic, training, research and establishment of national and international
linkages. The Department has linkages with NARO, NAADS, CIAT-TSBF, EU, IDRC, FARA,
RUFORUM, DAAD, ASARECA, UNCST, other
Governmental and Non Governmental Organizations. The Department also
conducts consultancies for national and international projects. 
The major mission is to achieve lasting and
sustainable improvements in Agriculture, Agro-industry and livelihoods of the
communities by producing knowledgeable and self-reliant professionals and
practitioners and generating and disseminating client responsive knowledge and
technologies . Some of major objectives are to make
training and research more relevant and demand driven service delivery and expand and efficiently utilize resources at
our disposal.
The units proposed in the collage of
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences have multi-disciplinary staff and
currently stands at about 190 academic staff.
The IWMNet
project is currently running a number of activities, which are within the
Makerere University mission and objectives. The capacity building programs for
the PhD and Masters students are registering progress. The short courses
targeting staff of the University and other officials in the Public
Universities are also conducted. The extension services through the capacity
building efforts of the local community have been done with the IWMNet project,
particularly in harnessing the integrated approach in watershed management in
the SW highlands of Uganda. The Project has spearheaded the commencement of the
Masters of Science program in IWM in the Depatment, that is due for 2011
academic year.
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