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Abstracts of the 8th annual graduate workshop of the Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University
(2006-04-13)An abstracts report of the Faculty of Agriculture graduate workshop conducted on the theme: “Generating demand driven technologies: the role of graduate agricultural research” -
Dairy industry development project: UNDP/FAO PROJECT UGA 84/023
(2006-04-21)A report summarising a review of the pasture research and development work carried out in Uganda in the past and elsewhere under similar environmental conditions. The output of the project was meant to help in formulating ... -
Dryland husbandry in Uganda
(Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 1999-12)This publication contains two research-based articles on Dryland Husbandry in Uganda. The first is on Research and Pastoral Resource management and the second is an Economic Assessment in Pastoral management. Both researches ... -
Effect of Rhizobium-inoculated pueraria phaseolides green manure on soil nitrogen
(Soil Science Society of East Africa, 1999)Efforts have been made to improve agricultural productivity through improving the overall agronomic practices yet yields are still below the expected potentials. This could be attributed to soil fertility exhaustion, ... -
The effects of differernt land clearing and soil management practices on soil productivity in the Lake Victoria crescent zone of Uganda
(Soil Science Society of Eastern Africa, 1998)Land clearing and the subsequent soil management practices are important steps in determining the sustainability of crop production in high rainfall areas. Soil productivity has decreased in the high rainfall zone of Uganda ... -
Facilitation of rhizobium inoculant use by farmers in Uganda
(Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA), 1994-11)Short shelf-life and lack of locally available stickers are constraints to inoculant use by local farmers in Uganda. Therefore two investigations were conducted to identify a method of improving the shelf-life of Rhizobium ... -
Farmer selection of bio-physical diversity for agricultural land uses in dissected highland plateaus of Mbarara, Uganda
(Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA), 1999)Dissected Highland plateaus of Mbarara district are found in Isingiro and Rwampara counties. They are characterised by high altitude ranges of 1300 - 1800 m above sea level, with steeply sloping hills and ridges, V and ... -
Farmer selection of bio-physical diversity for agricultural land uses in dissected highland plateaus of Mbarara, Uganda
(Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA), 1999)Dissected Highland plateaus of Mbarara district are found in Isingiro and Rwampara counties. They are characterised by high altitude ranges of 1300 - 1800 m above sea level, with steeply sloping hills and ridges, V and ... -
Farmers' perception of the soil fertility status in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda
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Farmers' perception of the soil fertility status in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda
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First national plant genetic resources workshop: conservation and utilization (9-11, November 1992)
(2006-04-21)A workshop report summarising the strategies recommended to arrest the declining situation in the agricultural and forestry diversity. The workshop objectives were: To review activities in the field of plant genetic ... -
Indigenous populations of rhizobia, legume response to inoculation and farmer awareness of inoculants in East and Southern Africa
(African Crop Science Society (ACSS), 1997)The Rhizobium Ecology Network of East and Southern Africa (RENEASA) is a participatory research affiliation of microbiologists and agronomists which seeks to better understand biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and promote ... -
Pasture management for livestock production in Uganda: proceedings of the first Uganda pasture network workshop held at Makerere University, Kampala, 14-17 December 1987
(2006-04-21)A report of the pasture management conference proceedings organized by the Uganda Pasture Network (UPANE) in 1987. Sub-themes covered include: Forage agronomy and management; Forage utilization; Forage research, training ... -
Persistence of an introduced bradyrhizobium japonicum and other soybean rhizobia in a soybean/maize rotation
(African Crop Science Society, 1994)Streptomycin resistant mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain IRJ 2114 was developed, tested for ability to nodulate and fix nitrogen, and introduced on seeds at the start of the field experiments. Soybean (Glycine max ... -
Persistence of an introduced bradyrhizobium japonicum and other soybean rhizobia in a soybean/maize rotation
(African Crop Science Society, 1994)Streptomycin resistant mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain IRJ 2114 was developed, tested for ability to nodulate and fix nitrogen, and introduced on seeds at the start of the field experiments. Soybean (Glycine max ... -
Proceedings of the dissemination workshop on utilization of market wastes held on 15-16 April 2004 at Fairway Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
(2006-04-21)A report of the workshop on utilization of urban market wastes, with findings of research carried out on: The effects of utilizing urban market wastes as soil fertility amendments in integrated pest management in peri-urban ... -
Proceedings of the symposium on alternative approaches to urban market crop wastes management held on July 14, 2005 at Hotel Equatorial, Kampala
(2005-07)A symposium workshop report aimed at sensitizing people on the merits of garbage as a resource. It was based on a previous project that aimed at assessing the previous ways through which waste could be turned into a resource ...