Academic submissions (CAES): Recent submissions
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An Assessment of the Environmental Performance of Selected Firms in the Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP), Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03-31)The study sought assess the environmental management systems adopted by select firms within the KIBP, Namanve. By using the Qualitative Research Design, a cross-sectional survey was used to map and characterize the adoption ... -
Farmers’ Preferences and Willingness-to-pay for improved cassava varieties in Uganda: The case of Arua, Lira, Nakasongola and Soroti districts
(Makerere University, 2021)This study examined farmers’ preferences and willingness-to-pay for improved cassava varieties. Choice experiments provided data used in the economic analysis of preferences and willingness-to-pay. The study elicited ... -
Contribution of morphological traits for prediction of sweet potato weevil resistance in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020)Sweetpotato is an important source of nutritional and bioactive substances especially to resource poor households in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, several pests affect it with the sweetpotato weevils (SPW) being the ... -
Yield stability, correlation and homogeneity of advanced cowpea lines in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03)Genetic stability coefficients, selection indices and homogeneity are important parameters that guide breeders in deciding what variety to release. The objectives of this study were to determine the yield stability, ... -
Analysis of Gender differences in Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Information Sources to cope with Drought in Masindi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)While socio-economic and institutional determinants of use of information sources have been widely studied in various contexts, the gender dimension of information use, and in relation to coping with the adverse effects ... -
Effective isolation distance for prevention of cassava virus spread in farmer-preferred cultivars in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)The two viral diseases, cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD), are a major constraint to cassava production in Uganda. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) ... -
Inheritance of sweetpotato resistance to sweetpotato weevils (C. brunneus and C. puncticollis)
(Makerere University, 2021-03-12)Sweetpotato weevils can cause up to 100% yield losses especially in hot and dry weather conditions. Use of resistant cultivars is the most sustainable strategy to control sweetpotato weevils. The requisite knowledge on ... -
Impact of adoption lag of soil and water conservation practices on crop productivity in Sio-Malaba Malakisi basin of Kenya-Uganda border
(Makerere University, 2021-02-15)The increasing need to feed the highly growing population has significantly led to land degradation, resulting in a substantial reduction of soil and crop productivity. If expected future food demand is to be met, global ... -
Food security inequality between female and male headed households : evidence from Northern and South Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01)Reducing gender inequalities is morally, ethically, and economically viewed as one of the principal strategies for reducing food insecurity and poverty in the developing world. Resource access in favour of men has bred a ... -
Inheritance of internal tuber processing attributes among selected potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) genotypes
(Makerere University, 2020-08)The new trends in the potato industry especially in processing require analysis of yield, tuber attributes and disease resistance in the development of new potato varieties. This study evaluated selected potato genotypes ... -
Influence of selected soil properties on tree species diversity and above-ground biomass in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03-22)Tree species diversity and biomass are important indicators of the forest carbon storage capacity. The role of soil characteristics in shaping these two, however, has not been adequately studied in tropical forests of ... -
Inheritance of resistance to common bacterial blight (Xanthomonas axonopodis phaseoli) disease of common bean
(Makerere University, 2019)Common Bacterial Blight (CBB), caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli and Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans (designated as Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli variant fuscans) is a major constraint to bean production ... -
Apple Peel Biochemical Changes after Foliar Application of Combined Boron and Calcium II. Photosynthetic Pigments, Total Peroxides and Photochemical Efficiency
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-06-30)Understanding of the physiological effect of post-full-bloom foliar boron combined with calcium (B+Ca) on apple (Malus domestica) peel tissues is envisaged to give way to the unknown mode-of-action by which these mineral ... -
Apple Peel Biochemical Changes after Foliar Application of Combined Boron and Calcium I. Phenolics and Physico-Chemical Attributes
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-06-30)Post-full bloom foliar applications of boron in combination with calcium (B+Ca) suppress fruit sunburn-browning incidence in apples (Malusdomestica). However, the mode-of-action is not yet explained and hence, protocols ... -
A Study of the Dynamics of Sunburn Reduction in Apple (Malus domestica) using Foliar Applications of a Combination of Boron and Calcium
(Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)Apple fruit sunburn browning (SBB) is largely a climate-related disorder that reduces fruit quality leading to serious financial losses. The aim of this research was to unravel the mode-of-action by which post-full-bloom ... -
The emerging role of LIS professionals in combating adverse environmental effects
(IFLA, 2017-09-29)In modern librarianship there is a lot more need for practical engagement than just fostering information literacy and dissemination. The 2030 United Nations agenda emphasizes action points for environmental sustainability, ... -
Institutional Repositories Containing Digitized Heritage Material (Special Collections) are Making 'Lost or Hidden' Cultures Accessible: Advantages and Disadvantages of this Trend
(IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 2017)The current information and electronic publishing age has tremendously increased the demand for academic institutions and libraries to recognise the importance of Institutional Repositories. They are essential infrastructures ... -
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 ... -
Resistance spectrum to anthracnose disease and the genetic effect of pyramided genes on yield in common bean
(Makerere Uniersity, 2019)Bean anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. et. Magn) Lams. Scrib., is one of the most widespread and economically important fungal diseases of the common bean. The pathogen possesses a high genetic ...