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The Horizon of Information Sharing at Makerere University: Multimedia, Audiovisual and the Linked Open Data
(Science Publishing Group, 2017-12-15)
Makerere University has, in the recent past, climbed up the academic and research ranks, globally, and this has been supported by excellent information services, covering all available information resource formats and ...
Agroforestry practices for enhancing food security and climate change resilience in Rajaf county, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2019-10-18)
Agroforestry (AF) is being practiced traditionally as a sustainable land- use option, in many agro-ecological zones of Sub-Saharan Africa. Agroforestry is important as incorporating trees and shrubs in food crop systems ...
Effect of nitrogen source options on grain yield, nitrogen uptake and use efficiency of rice along an inland valley in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-10)
Only 29% of the Inland valleys in Uganda has been harnessed for rice production yet, little is known about N management for optimizing rice yields across hydrological positions within these inland valleys. This study was ...
Tree planting incentives and stakeholders in the Albertine rift region, Uganda
(2019-10-25)
The study assessed the influence of incentives and the roles of stakeholders in tree planting and the trees preferred by farmers in Kiryanga Sub county, Kagadi district, Albertine rift region. Key informant interviews, ...
ESIA of the proposed upgrade for Bombo-Ndegye-Kalasa road
(Makerere University, 2019-08)
The government of Uganda through Uganda National Roads Authority plans to upgrade the existing Bombo-Ndejje-Kalasa road from gravel to bitumen. In accordance with the requirements of the Third Schedule of the National ...
Major limiting nutrients and lime requirement for bean production on three contrasting soils of Lake Victoria crescent agroecological zone
(Makerere University, 2016-11)
Farmers in the Lake Victoria crescent mainly grow common beans on three soil types: Phaoezem, Cambisol and Umbrisol, but the yield is still below the genetic potential. Some farmers have used organic fertilizers (1.3%), ...
Drivers to undergraduate students's perceived acquisition of agricultural practical skills through field attachment : The case of Gulu University
(2019-07)
Universities through field attachment play a leading role in developing graduates’ practical skill competencies especially in the field of agriculture. Several studies however, have observed the persistent mismatch between ...
Determinants of participation in the indigenous chicken market by smallholder farmers in Busia District, Eastern Uganda
(2018-11)
Indigenous chickens play a very big role in the livelihoods of rural dwellers by providing the much needed protein in form of meat and eggs as well as being a source of income. However, there is limited information to ...
Forest recovery in formerly encroached areas of Mabira Tropical Forest Reserve
(2019-11-15)
Over the last 50 years, large areas of Uganda’s Forest Reserves have been lost to encroachers. For the last two decades, the Government of Uganda through National Forestry Authority embarked on efforts of relocating ...
Patterns of infiltration on a bench terraced hillslope of Kigezi highlands
(Makerere University, 2019-11-15)
The patterns of infiltration process on bench terraced hillslopes in the Kigezi highlands are not
fully understood. Yet, steady state infiltration is among the major hillslope processes which
affect hillslope hydrology, ...