Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mukono ZARDI) is one of the nine Public Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institutes (ZARDIs) which were established through the NARS Act of 2005.
The Institute is responsible for carrying out applied and adaptive research in the Lake Victoria Crescent Agro-ecological Zone. It covers 21 districts of Central Uganda which include: Mubende, Mityana, Luwero, Kyankwanzi, Mukono, Kayunga, Nakasongola, Nakaseke, Masaka, Kalangala, Buikwe, Kalungu, Lwengo, Mpigi, Kampala, Bukomansimbi, Gomba, Butambala, Buvuma, Wakiso and Kiboga. Mukono ZARDI had a successful transition from a DFI to ARDC and it is now a semi-autonomous zonal Institute.
