Competition in the open market economy leads to exit of the less efficient firms. Hence to stay in business, firms must ensure efficient use of resources through optimal combination of enterprises to maximise profits. In ...

Agroforestry potential of Acacia Senegal in the rangelands of Luwero and Nakasongola Districts was assessed between November 2002 and February 2003. Proportion of farmland under A. Senegal was assessed by farm transect ...

The factors that affect honey quality in Uganda were surveyed in 120 beekeeping households. Honey was sampled from supermarkets, hawkers and stall markets along four transects across Kampala, the capital. Honey quality ...

The fisheries sector contributes greatly to the Ugandan economy in terms of income; employment and export revenue; yet recent developments, especially the reducing fish stocks, are posing a big threat to the sector. This ...

With the advent of input market liberalization in Uganda, there has been an increase in private sector investment in agro-input trading. However, the high prices and unavailability of agro-inputs in rural areas continues ...

Assessment of community preferences and uses of selected on-farm indigenous tree species for carbon sequestration was carried out in Bitereko Sub-county Bushenyi, district between the months of January and March 2008. The ...

Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries that has devolved the management of forest resources. Meaningful devolution, however, requires that local governments and other community organisations should have capacity ...

This paper evaluates, using logistic and multiple regression analyses, the socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ decisions to adopt rotational woodlot technology in the farming systems of Uganda, based on a household ...

Currently, in Uganda there is no well-defined forestry extension service despite the emphasis in the policy to establish extension services to assist farmers to grow their own trees. Many agricultural service providers ...

Before Bwindi Impenetrable forest, Uganda, became a national park in 1991, there was a high level of human activity in much of the forest, especially cutting of large trees for timber by pitsawyers. This created extensive ...