· Development of biotechnological tools to control Xanthomonas wilt in Banana (Musa) and Enset (Ensete ventricosum) in Eastern and Central Africa - a collaborative project between NARO, Uganda and EAIR, Ethiopia
· Application of genomic and proteomic approaches in the characterization of human and bovine Tubercle Bacilli and implications for disease control – based at the University of Buea, Cameroon
· Introgression of striga resistance QTL into farmer preferred sorghum varieties (FPSVs) in Tanzania through marker assisted backcrossing – collaborative project between ICRISAT in Kenya, SUA in Tanzania and KIST and ISAR in Rwanda
· Comparative population structure and phylogeography of trypanosomiasis and their tsetse fly vectors – based at KARI-TRC
· Strengthening capacity for maintenance and movement of clean sweet potatoes germplasm in Eastern and Central Africa- collaborative project between NARO, Uganda, JKUAT in Kenya and ISABU in Burundi