Ms. Julian Barungi is the Program Officer for Policy at the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Secretariat in Entebbe, Uganda. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Land Use and Management, and a Master of Business Administration from Makerere University, Uganda. She has also undertaken training courses in agricultural policy analysis and development conducted by the George Washington University and Bioversity International.  

Ms. Barungi has over 10 years’ experience in agricultural research for development in Africa, especially in analysing policies and supporting regional and national agricultural policy formulation and reforms. She is a seasoned process facilitator and has organized and moderated several high-level policy dialogues. She has also published in areas of seed policy, food systems governance, forest governance and intellectual property rights in the agriculture sector. 

She joined ASARECA from the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) where served as a Research Fellow. Prior to this, Ms. Barungi worked as an Institutional Strengthening Advisor for the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Program in Uganda.