Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Bamboo"
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Bamboo for soil improvement and alternative household income among communities living along the slopes of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)In contrast to exploitation and utilization of many plant species, bamboo remains one of the region’s valuable underutilized resources. In Uganda, bamboo is still sold with any value addition which has increased the rate ... -
Bamboo regeneration and succession in Echuya
(2003-05-28)Echuya was gazetted in 1939 as 'a Forest Reserve. At that time, the forest vegetation consisted of dense evergreen stands of Arundinaria alpina (bamboo) (Howard 1991). Kingston (1968) report that in 1947the bamboo stems ... -
The ecological changes of Echuya afromontane bamboo forest, Uganda
(East African Wild Life Society., 2001)Echuya forest reserve was gazetted in 1939 and was then mainly a bamboo forest with very few hardwood trees. However, the current ecological situation shows that hardwood trees are replacing bamboo. This study analysed the ...