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Potential environmental and human health risk effects of pesticide application in agriculture: a case of smallholder tomato farmers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-10-27)
The objective of the study was to assess the environmental and human health risks associated with pesticide application to control for diseases and pests in tomato production. The specific objectives include: (1) to ...
Farmer learning behaviour : a case of the student-to-farmer university outreach of Gulu University in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12-20)
Globally, a dominant discourse on policy reforms for the higher education sector has called for universities to prioritize community outreach services. However, concerns exist in student outreach formats that they might ...
Field-based polymerase chain reaction detection of key sweetpotato viruses
(Makerere University, 2021-11-25)
Globally, Sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and Sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) occur frequently and in combination cause sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD). In SPVD infections, plants ...
Fertilizer micro dosing and timing of weeding for improved agronomic efficiency in finger millet production in eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-08)
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) is a major food crop mostly for the semi-arid tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, finger millet is rated third after maize and sorghum in order of production, among smallholder ...
Food security inequality between female and male headed households : evidence from Northern and South Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01)
Reducing gender inequalities is morally, ethically, and economically viewed as one of the principal strategies for reducing food insecurity and poverty in the developing world. Resource access in favour of men has bred a ...
Study of sources and inheritance of resistance to African rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzivora) in lowland rice in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The African Rice Gall Midge (AfRGM), Orseolia oryzivora is one of the major insect pests in Africa including Uganda. Yield losses of up to 100% are attributed to the AfRGM in different rice growing regions especially in ...
Impacts of sand mining on species diversity of vascular plants in Lwera wetland, central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Wetlands provide enormous socio-economic and environmental benefits but they are threatened by various degradation activities of which sand mining is one of the most rampant and devastating in Uganda. This study was conducted ...
Strategies for improving screening and management of Black Sigatoka disease of banana
(Makerere University, 2021-02-04)
Control methods for Black Sigatoka including cultural, chemical and resistance are ineffective, and screening procedures have limitations. Thus, there is need for alternative control methods and screening procedure. The ...
Gender, Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation Choices in Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
The narrative linking climate change vulnerability and adaptation behaviour to gender has gained traction within climate change literature in recent years. The narrative is based on the proven vulnerability –poverty nexus ...
The genetics of farmer preferred sorghum traits in south western highlands of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a staple food and commercial crop for over 95% of the households in the highlands of southwestern Uganda. However, the farmer based selection traits for sorghum in the zone have not ...