Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Author "Banana, Abwoli Y."
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Decentralized governance and ecological health: why local institutions fail to moderate deforestation in Mpigi district of Uganda
Banana, Abwoli Y.; Vogt, Nathan D.; Bahati, Joseph; Gombya-Sembajjwe, William (Academic Journals, 2007-08)The outcomes of decentralization policies on the delivery of forestry sector services and ecological health remain ambiguous. Several scholars warn that there is insufficient empirical data to support the assumption that ... -
Potential for community-based forest resource management in Uganda: the case of non-gazetted forests of Hoima and Masindi districts, western Uganda
Banana, Abwoli Y.; Turiho-Habwe, , T. G. (Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 1994)Uganda's forest resources are important for the country's growth and development. Though there is in place a mechanism for controlled use of gazetted forests, lack of an organised management institution has left common ... -
Relative efficiency of sawmill types operating in Uganda's softwood plantations
Kambungu, Robert Kyeyune; Banana, Abwoli Y.; Zziwa, Ahamada; Agea, Jacob Godfrey; Kaboggoza, John R.S. (National Agricultural Research Organisation, 2005)The overall aim of this study was to determine the appropriate sawmilling technologies that should be promoted for use in Uganda’s softwood plantation. Conversion efficiency, sawing accuracy, and sawing capability of four ... -
A site report prepared for presentation to the local people of Lwanika, Budhala and Forest Department Office, Iganga District, Uganda
Banana, Abwoli Y.; Mwambu, George; Kapiriri, Monica; Nabanoga, Gorettie (Uganda Forestry Resources and Institutions Centre (UFRIC), 1999) -
A socio-economic analysis of forest foods consumption in Hoima and Masindi Districts of Uganda.
Banana, Abwoli Y.; Turiho-Habwe, G. P. (African Crop Science Society, 1997)Millions of households in the developing world depend on food from forests to supplement their diets especially as emergency food supplies during drought, famine and war periods. Forest foods, therefore, make a critical ... -
The Status of forestry in Uganda: a country report
Banana, Abwoli Y. (African Forestry Research Network, 1992) -
Successful forest management: the importance of security of tenure and rule enforcement in Ugandan forests
Banana, Abwoli Y.; Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William S. (1994) -
Understanding the stability of forest reserve boundaries in the West Mengo region of Uganda
Vogt, Nathan D.; Banana, Abwoli Y.; Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William; Bahati, Joseph (Ecology and Society, 2006)Despite heavy pressure and disturbance, state property regimes have stemmed deforestation within protected areas of the West Mengo region of Uganda for over 50 yr. In this manuscript, we reconstruct the process of creation ... -
Weathering characteristics of Australian grown radiata pine
Groves, K. W.; Banana, Abwoli Y. (1986-01)Using scanning electron microscopy, the effect of natural weathering on the micro-structure of radiata pine was investigated. The study suggested that under the weather conditions prevailing in Canberra, Australia at the ...