Indigenous fruits (IFs) play a significant role in food security, nutrition, health and income of rural households, particularly during times of famine and drought when food is scarce. This study investigated the nutritional ...

Virus infections in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) have negative effect on yield through accelerating seed tuber degeneration. Several methods have been proposed for virus elimination, however in-vitro thermotherapy combined ...

Majority of Uganda’s population relies on groundwater as an accessible source to meet their water demands especially in times of prolonged dry seasons. Its importance will likely increase with a changing climate where ...

The extractive industries can boost a country’s economic growth and standards of living but also increase the social-economic vulnerability of communities where the resource is located. Uganda is among African countries ...

Good seed quality can be obtained through control of the entire seed production process. There are emerging issues in the seed sector due to seed quality in market. In many countries seed and planting materials available ...

Rice (Oryza sativa) production is growing rapidly not only as a major source of food and nutrition to the global populace but also as a strategic crop for poverty reduction among subsistence farmers in Uganda. Despite ...

Agricultural modernization has been identified as a key driver of socio-economic development in Uganda that has seen several interventions implemented to that effect. However, these have not been evaluated in respect to ...

Utilization of inland valley wetlands for agriculture is on the increase, in effect threatening the values associated with an intact wetland ecology. Moreover, it has become inevitable that some form of agriculture must ...

High post-harvest losses along the fresh cassava roots value chain increase food insecurity as a result of reduction in the amount and quality of food available for consumption. New modern technologies such as; waxing have ...