Background:
Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK) was established as a farm in 1953, and upgraded to a fully-fledged Research Institute in 1992 under the then Faculty of Agriculture. It currently falls under the School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University.
MUARIK is Makerere University's interface with the National Agricultural Research System (NARS). It houses the Continuing Agricultural Education Center (CAEC), conceived in 1993 as a project with joint funding from The World Bank and Government of Uganda under the Agricultural Research and Training Project (ARTP) through the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO).
Accommodation
Accommodation at the Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute - Kabanyolo is mostly for third-year students studying under the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES)