BANANA INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (BIRDC) Job Vacancies

The Banana Industrial Research and Development Centre (BIRDC) formerly known as PIBID is headed by Rev. Prof. Florence Isabirye Muranga, an ordained priest of the Church of Uganda and a Food Scientist. Out of concern of a huge percentage of the matooke harvested by growers in Uganda being wasted, His Excellency the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni set up the Banana Industrial Research and Development (BIRDC) project and appointed (Rev. Prof. Florence Isabirye Muranga) to head the organization as the Director General. One of the major objectives of the initiative is to transform the Uganda peasant farmers into commercial farmers by empowering them as formidable banana industry stakeholders through involvement in value addition thereby eradicating poverty.The Banana Industrial Research and Development Centre (BIRDC) formerly known as PIBID is headed by Rev. Prof. Florence Isabirye Muranga, an ordained priest of the Church of Uganda and a Food Scientist. Out of concern of a huge percentage of the matooke harvested by growers in Uganda being wasted, His Excellency the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni set up the Banana Industrial Research and Development (BIRDC) project and appointed (Rev. Prof. Florence Isabirye Muranga) to head the organization as the Director General. One of the major objectives of the initiative is to transform the Uganda peasant farmers into commercial farmers by empowering them as formidable banana industry stakeholders through involvement in value addition thereby eradicating poverty.