This study was undertaken to find out the main causes of land degradation especially soil erosion in Busongora County north Kasese District. The main focus was the socio economic factors which lead to biophysical causes ...

The bean crop is one of East Africa’s major legume crops. It is grown primarily by small-scale farmers who are mainly women, for home consumption and any excess is sold (Wortmann et al., 1998). The increase in severity and ...

In Uganda, sweetpotato virus diseases and Alternaria are the major diseases affecting sweetpotato production. Most of the improved varieties and landraces grown for home and commercial consumption like NASPOT 1 and New ...

East Africa is known to have a wide range of sweet potato landraces and, therefore, is considered to be a secondary center of diversity. In this study, we assessed the diversity among sweet potato landraces from Kenya, ...

Lira Municipality has had domestic water stress and poor sanitation due to the displacement of the rural community as a result of the 20 years LRA insurgency. This study was conducted to identify the major domestic water ...

Pineapple is one of the crops in the fruit sub sector that has been selected for export diversification and sustainable enhancement of household incomes. As a result many farmers in most parts of the country have taken on ...

Wetland resources use and conservation by the local communities of Kanyum and Nyero sub-counties in Kumi district was assessed between May and August, 2007. The objectives were to (i) identify and document different wetland ...

Smallholder dairy cattle producers in Uganda face major production constraints including inadequate and poor quality feeds. This has led to low milk yield, long calving intervals and low growth rates. Forage technologies ...

This study investigated the effect of inputs and banana agronomic management practices on the mean yield and yield variability of bananas in Uganda. In addition, the study estimated returns from different inputs used in ...

Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) and bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) are responsible for significant economic losses in bean production worldwide. Necrotic strains are more aggressive than the non-necrotic strains ...