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Effect of smoking technologies on nutritional values and safety of Mormyrus Caschive and Oreochromis Niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Terekeka, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2019-12-15)
The effect of smoking technologies on nutritional values and safety of smoked fish was determined to guide adoption of suitable kiln that maintains good quality and prolongs shelf life of smoked fish in South Sudan. A total ...
An Evaluation of Cross-infection of Botryosphaeria Isolates among Tree Species used for Agroforestry and Plantations in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2019)
Fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family are known to cause disease on many plant species. Evidence of cross-infection of tree species by this group of fungi is limited. The main aim of the study was to evaluate cross-infection ...
Defects of Tourism Revenue Sharing Policies and Practices in East Africa
(Advance in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019)
Sharing of tourism revenues with local communities has for long been regarded as a key instrument in the arsenal for contemporary conservation. The approach is favored for its ability to simultaneously deliver both ...
Vulnerability of Smallholder Sorghum Farmers to Climate Variability in a heterogeneous landscape of South- Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019)
Vulnerability assessment in climate change and variability literature is a concept that cannot be underestimated as it is a benchmark for policy makers to building adaptive capacity of vulnerable groups. In Africa, climate ...
Determinants of tree planting on private lands in Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-04)
Trees are of great economic and ecological importance. Most rural communities in developing countries depend on trees for their livelihoods and source of energy. Trees also provide ecosystem services that include timber, ...
Modeling the potential distribution of Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn (shea nut tree) in the Kidepo Critical Landscape in the face of climate change
(2019-01-04)
Contemporary climate change and human activities are increasingly linked with the extinction of several species globally. In semi-arid biomes, such pressures threaten the natural distribution and ecology of species. In the ...
Assessment of Tsetse Fly invasion on social ecological resilience of the people of Northern Karamoja
(Makerere University, 2019-03-13)
Tsetse flies remain a vector of significance whose distribution and prevalence through historical times has affected the social ecological resilience of communities in Uganda. There is a dearth of information regarding its ...
Non-timber forest products markets: actors and income determinants
(2019-01)
Trade in non-timber forest products (NTFP) is important in enhancing livelihoods of communities adjacent to forests. However, knowledge about actors and NTFP income determinants in Uganda is scanty. Yet this information ...
Diversity and distribution of butterflies in Lake Opeta Wetland System, Kumi District
(2019-11-27)
Habitat degradation poses a great threat to biodiversity conservation. Understanding how different butterfly species respond to habitat degradation is a necessary step towards the development of effective measures to enhance ...