Mak IR Repository
Welcome to Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR). Mak IR was formerly called Uganda Scholarly Digital Library (USDL). Mak IR is a collection of scholarly output of by researchers of Makerere University, including scholarly articles and books, electronic theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports and digitised library collections. It is the official Institutional Repository (IR) of Makerere University.
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The linguistic landscape of Kampala: The case of shop signs
(Makerere University, 2022-05)This dissertation, with a focus on shop signs, investigates the linguistic landscape (LL) of Kampala. The objectives of this study were to find out the languages which appear on the commercial shop signs in Kampala; to ... -
Access of financial credit services to small scale commercial farmers in Uganda. A case of Bubaare Sub County, Mbarara District
(Makerere University, 2020-02)This study focused on establishing access of Financial Credit Services to Small Scale Commercial Farmers in Bubaare Sub County, Mbarara District, Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives namely; assessing ... -
Popular participation in rural development programmes in Uganda: a case study of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme in Mbarara District
(Makerere University, 2011-12)For the last three decades, popular participation has become an increasing aspect of and as a key tool of public policy and service delivery within the realm of good governance across the world. It has gained ground and ... -
The role of instructional approaches on the development of learners' oral competence: a case study of selected secondary schools in Fort Portal City
(Makerere University, 2022-05)This study was conducted to determine the role of instructional approaches on the development of learners’ oral competence in selected secondary schools of Fort Portal City Council. The study was guided and informed by ... -
A novel model to strengthen researcher-farming community engagement
(Makerere University, 2022-04-01)Researcher engagement is said to improve collaboration between two parties, hence, improving research outputs. Despite the enormous agricultural research studies, there has been low uptake and ownership of research outputs ...