Biruma Moses is a male Ugandan citizen currently the FINASP Director in charge research and innovations and also working with the National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute P.O Box Private Bag Soroti, Uganda. Moses has over 10 years’ experience in agricultural research and development. He attained his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Master of Science in Crop Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Molecular Biology/Breeding at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Prior to joining NARO, Moses worked with Plan-Uganda, Makerere University as a research assistant, African Crop Science Society (ACSS) as the Editorial assistant and the International Institute of tropical Agriculture (IITA-Uganda) as a Research Associate. Currently, Moses is a Research Officer and Program Leader Oil Crops Research Program at NaSARRI one of the public agriculture research Institutes under the National Agriculture Research Organisation (NARO).
Moses is a team player and has provided leadership in the implementation of a number of multidisciplinary research undertakings ranging from technology generation to dissemination. He has vast experience in implementing collaborative donor research projects and excellent working relationships with NARS, Regional Organisation/Networks and International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs). Through these engagements, Moses has proficiently worked under multidisciplinary, multicultural and multiracial environments. Moses has expertise in crop protection, biotechnology and molecular breeding and has authored and co-authored a number of research articles in peer reviewed journals including books and book chapters.