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Distribution and characterization of sweet potato alternaria blight isolates in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
In Uganda, sweetpotato virus diseases and Alternaria are the major diseases affecting sweetpotato production. Most of the improved varieties and landraces grown for home and commercial consumption like NASPOT 1 and New ...
A preliminary analysis of diversity among East African sweet potato landraces using morphological and simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers
(International Society for Hoticultural Science, 2006)
East Africa is known to have a wide range of sweet potato landraces and, therefore, is considered to be a secondary center of diversity. In this study, we assessed the diversity among sweet potato landraces from Kenya, ...
Production risk and input use in banana production in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-08)
This study investigated the effect of inputs and banana agronomic management practices on the mean yield and yield variability of bananas in Uganda. In addition, the study estimated returns from different inputs used in ...
The challenges of solid waste management: a case study of Kawempe and Rubaga Division, Kampala District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-12)
Solid waste management is increasingly becoming the biggest problem in many urban centres of the world and Kampala is no exception. Research results in this report are from a study on the challenges of solid waste management ...
Resource use efficiency in potato production in South Western Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2007-01)
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
(National Agricultural Research Organisation, 2005)
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 ...
Multi-criteria assessment of community forestry program in Uganda
(Medwell Journals, 2008)
In Uganda, a large diversity of community initiated forest management systems have evolved recently in response to severe degradation of forests and grazing land and biomass shortages. Forestry professional, forest user ...
Conservation and local utilization of key anti-malarial medicinal plants in the Sango Bay area, southern Uganda
(2008-07)
This study was conducted in Sango Bay, Southern Uganda between 2006 and 2007. The aim was to develop strategies for promoting conservation of key anti-malarial plants. The objectives were to determine the relationship ...
Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-08-05)
Rapid population growth, unsustainable land use, and a pervasively degrading landscape are components of a dominant paradigm regarding African development. While recent work articulating the 'misreading' of the African ...