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Factors affecting the level of commercialization among cattle keepers in the pastoral areas of Uganda
(2010-11)Deliberate efforts have been made by the government of Uganda to commercialize agriculture through market and trade liberalisation. However, marketed livestock offtake has remained low contributing to the existing per ... -
Improvement of resistance to fusarium root rot through gene pyramiding and validation of SSR PVBR87 marker in common bean
(2011-05)Fusarium root rot caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli is among the most serious diseases of the common bean in Uganda causing total crop loss in susceptible cultivars. Studies have indicated that 2-9 genes located ... -
Inheritance of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in rice in Uganda
(2010)Rice Yellow Mottle Virus sobemovirus (RYMV) is highly variable and several resistance breaking strains have been identified. This makes breeding for durable resistant very complicated since a variety proven to be resistance ... -
Marketing channel choice: its determinants and evaluation of transaction costs in smallholder dairy farming in Lilongwe milkshed area, Malawi
(2008-12)The Malawian dairy sub-sector is still undergoing growth and mainly relies on smallholder farmers for milk supply. Milk is marketed through both the formal and informal channels, and the latter is dominant. Information gap ... -
Perception and sanitisation of human faeces for soil fertility management in Uganda
(2011-03)Soil fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa stems from a number of causes, among which is nutrient drain through unregulated crop harvests, soil erosion and leaching deep into the soil profiles. Yet nutrient replenishment ... -
The potential of endophetic non-pathogenic fusarium oxysporum (schlecht: fries) to control radopholus similis in tissue culture banana
(2008-12)The use of endophytic non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht.: Fries) strains in the control of Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne in tissue culture banana is a new biological control strategy being investigated at the ... -
Prevalence and associated causes of nutritional anaemia in school girls aged 11-14 years in Masindi District, Western Uganda
(2009-07-20)Introduction: Nutritional anemia is the most prevalent nutritional disorder amongst children worldwide. It is associated with serious and life threatening consequences such as morbidity and mortality. Anaemic pupils have ... -
Private agricultural input market distribution in rural Eastern Uganda
(2006-04-24)The Government of Uganda (GOU) has embarked on a number of policy and institutional reforms in the last decade (1997-2000), which has led to the withdrawal of government from the supply of subsidized low cost inputs to ... -
Production and profitability of sugar cane among Kinyara cane out growers, Masindi District
(2009-08-11)The sugar industry is important in the economy of Uganda as it provides employment and income to out grower cane farmers and the employees in the industry, contributes revenue to the government through taxes, and reduces ... -
Profitability of contract barley farming in Kapchorwa District, Uganda
(2011-01)This study was conducted in Kapchorwa district in eastern Uganda where farmers through their Kapchorwa Commercial Farmers Association produce barley on contract with Uganda Breweries Limited. Contract farming could be an ... -
Strategies to enhance competitiveness: the case of rose flower farms in Wakiso
(2010-08)Uganda has been dependent on agricultural export revenues from a small number of traditional, low-value, bulky commodities such as coffee, cocoa or cotton for which much of the terms of trade have been continuously declining ... -
Trench layering technologies for rapid multiplication of Elite Apple Germplasm (Malus domestica) in Kabale, Western Uganda.
(2012-02)Apples greatly contribute to farmers’ livelihoods in tropical highlands. However, there has been limited access to quality planting materials associated with poor rooting of apple rootstocks. To improve rooting ability, ... -
Use of Imidazolinone Resistant (IR) maize to assess the potential effect of transgenic maize in Uganda
(2008-11)Purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica) is a parasitic weed that attacks cereals particularly maize, causing up to 80% yield loss. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of non-transgenic imidazolinone ... -
Value and premium for titled agricultural land in Uganda
(2009-04)It is argued that land is perhaps the most essential resource and an important pillar of national development. In Uganda, the management of land is regulated by the 1995 constitution and the Land Act of 1998, which recognise ...