**Acknowledgements**

The authors would like to acknowledge persons who were involved in various research on rice in Uganda and coordinating rice breeding initiatives in the country. We appreciate International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-through STRASA and GSR projects, AfricaRice-through the AfricaWide Rice Breeding Task Force, CIAT Colombia, Crops Research Institute (Kumasi, Ghana) for sharing germplasm. We thank Prof Tongoona Pangirayi and Prof Patrick Okori who guided development of rice breeding program in Uganda through training and mentorship with support Alliance for Green Revolution AGRA.

## **Conflict of interest**

The authors declare no competing interests.

#### **Statement**

Rice breeding is Uganda is still new. There is need to strengthen collaborative research with International and National partners in research and capacity (human and physical) development.

*Cereal Grains - Volume 2*
