Board Member

Sylvester Dickson

Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma is the Interim Executive Director of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). Dr. Baguma is currently the Director of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (BuZARDI) in western Uganda. He is also a member of NARO Governing Council, the highest Governance body of the National Organization, as well as acting Chair of the NARO Intellectual Property Management Committee, which promotes commercialization of NARO’s agricultural research technologies and innovations. He is on several boards of different entities in Uganda.

Dr. Baguma is widely exposed in both local and international spheres having conducted several consultancies and monitoring and evaluation assignments within and outside Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, including working with Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), the Netherlands, CTA, FAO on accelerated technology uptake, IFPRI, and several NGOs and CBOs. He has wide practical experience in facilitating multi-stakeholder engagements.

Dr. Baguma holds a PhD in Knowledge Management of Loughborough University in the UK, a master’s degree in ICT specializing in MIS of Cranfield University in the UK, a master’s in agriculture of Makerere University, a postgraduate diploma in Modern Management and Administration of Cambridge Tutorial College and has formal training in project planning and management including using outcome mapping for planning and M&E. He has proven experience in designing and implementing strategic plans for impact. He has over 20 years of experience in management and administration of agricultural research for development.