College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES): Recent submissions
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Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a protected area in Uganda
Forests are important to local livelihoods and regulating access to forests will have consequences to those livelihoods and may promote illegal harvesting. This study analyses how local people make a living, focusing on ... -
Decentralisation of forest management — Is it a panacea to challenges in forest governance in Uganda?
Decentralisation of forest management is currently implemented in many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America as a governance strategy aimed at enhancing for‐ est resource conservation, poverty alleviation and equity ... -
Inheritance of resistance to the stalk-eyed fly (diopsis longicornis) in rice in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)Rice is an important staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Globally, rice production is limited by abiotic and biotic factors. Of the insect pests attacking rice, the stalk-eyed fly is the most abundant. ... -
Constraints and opportunities for access to lucrative markets by smallholder farmer: Analysis of the Bean Value Chain in Kamuli District
(Makerere University, 2014-11)The study investigated the bean marketing constraints and opportunities of the various actors in the market in Kamuli district of Uganda. Various reforms have been introduced to increase marketing efficiency of agricultural ... -
Evaluation of market opportunities of beef traders in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-11)There are various interventions by the government of Uganda together with other stakeholders to boost the quantity and quality of beef in Uganda. However little has been done to establish the market opportunities of beef ... -
Effect of an integrated agriculture-nutrition extension program on nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity of farming households in Central Uganda
Most studies which have measured the effect of nutrition education on change in nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity have not gone further to identify factors that influence the change. Using an integrated ... -
Rosette virus disease complexes assessment and development of groundnut regeneration protocol in Uganda
Groundnut Rosette Disease (GRD) caused by a complex of GRAV (groundnut rosette assistor luteovirus), GRV (groundnut rosette umbravirus), and the allied satellite RNA (sat-RNA) is the leading production constraint causing ... -
Recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species in Mabira Forest Reserve, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-06)An assessment of recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species was conducted in Mabira Forest Reserve. The aim was to guide determination of sustainable harvesting quota and harvesting cycles under ... -
Changing trends in climate and livestock grazing resources in Kapoeta, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2018-04)The major challenge facing livestock production in Kapoeta is inadequate pasture availability exacerbated by unreliable rainfall distribution, droughts and land cover change. First, the study determined the trends of ... -
Determinants of consumers choice and willingness to pay for quality beef
(Makerere University, 2014-10)Understanding consumers‟ beef quality preference and willingness (WTP) to pay are pre-requisites to produce beef that meets consumers‟ eating satisfaction and increase beef demand. This study established the beef quality ... -
Organic pollutants in the atmospheric and aquatic environments of Lake Victoria
(Makerere University, 2015-12)The large surface area of Lake Victoria and the multitude of chemical-emitting activities in the lake’s watershed provide for elevated potential for atmospheric loading of organic pollutants yet there remain limited ... -
Weeding and mulching for management of aphids and associated viral diseases of passion fruit in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-11)Passion fruit is doubtless an important crop whose production has the potential to alleviate poverty in rural households. Additional significance is packed in its nutritional, confectionary and medicinal properties. It is ... -
Resistance of soybean germplasm to the groundnut leaf miner (aproaerema modicella) in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-09)Soybean is an important food and cash crop. Its production trend in Uganda has been increasing for the past 10 years, though yields are still below the potential. Soybean productivity is con-strained by a number of both ... -
Timber commodity chain organisation, performance and dynamics in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)Sustainable supply of timber in Uganda is threatened by the declining wood resource base but the potential of the timber commodity chain in addressing this challenge has been overlooked. This study assessed the impact of ... -
Smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate variability in Nakasongola District
(Makerere University, 2015-12)Climate change and variability are among the biggest contemporary threats to agricultural production and livelihoods in Sub Saharan Africa. As climate variability continues to manifest, the scale of the necessary adaptation ... -
An evaluation of suitable trees for ecosystem service delivery in coffee-agroforestry in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)Coffee is an important cash crop in Uganda cultivated in a multifunctional agroforestry system that provides a variety of ecosystem services and disservices. Although trade-offs between services and disservices depend on ... -
Resistance of cowpea to scab disease and diversity of Sphaceloma SP. occurring in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)Cowpea (Viga unguiculata L. Walp) is the third most important legume food crop in Uganda with the Eastern and Northern regions accounting for most of the production in the country. However, its mean yield is less than 400 ... -
Within-tree and tree-age variation of selected anatomical properties of the wood of Ugandan-grown Eucalyptus grandis
(Forest Products Society, 2016-04)The challenges of utilizing Eucalyptus grandis thinnings prompted a study into its anatomical properties with the aim of identifying its potential based on the within-tree axial and tree-age variation. Fiber length, fiber ... -
Impact of collaborative forest management on forest status and local perceptions of contribution to livelihoods in Uganda
This study assessed the impacts of Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) initiatives on forest status of Budongo Forest reserve in Uganda and perceptions of the participating communities on the contribution of CFM towards ... -
Recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species in Mabira Forest Reserve, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015)An assessment of recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species was conducted in Mabira Forest Reserve. The aim was to guide determination of sustainable harvesting quota and harvesting cycles under ...