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Agro-Related Policy Awareness and Their Influence in Adoption of New Agricultural Technologies; A Case of Tissue Culture Banana in Uganda
(Academic Research Publishing Group, 2019)Adoption of banana tissue culture in Uganda still remains low despite the availability of policies geared to enhancing agriculture. A survey was carried out on 115 smallholder farmers in Central Uganda to establish the ... -
Spatio-temporal distribution of banana weevil Cosmopolites Sordidus [Germar] and nematodes of various genera in Uganda: A case of smallholder banana orchards in Western Uganda
(Academic journals, 2019-05-07)Smallholder farmers’ banana orchards in Western Uganda were used to study the spatio-temporal factors influencing the distribution of banana weevils and parasitic nematodes in tissue culture and non-tissue culture banana ... -
Pathway to Quality: Incorporating Students’ Perceptions in the University Learner Support System
(International Institute for Science, Technology and Education, 2019-04-30)The provision of learner support is pivotal in understanding the development trend in distance education. A survey of the literature indicates limited incorporation of the student perspective in learner support strategies ... -
Households’ Latrine Status in Fishing Communities of Malongo and Jagusi Sub Counties, Mayuge District
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2018-09-01)Introduction: This study examined the households‟ latrine coverage and latrine use associated factors among the fishing communities in Malongo and Jagusi sub counties Mayuge district. Objectives: Specifically, the ... -
Ethnocentric Tendencies in the Formation of the East African Federation on Uganda
(2018)The study hinged on the investigation of ethnicity and the East African political, social, and economic unity. The study employed a descriptive cross- sectional research design, with qualitative and quantitative approaches. ... -
Child Soldiers or War Affected Children? Why the Formerly Abducted Children of Northern Uganda are not Child Soldiers
(2014)In many places around the globe, over many centuries, adults have forcibly involved children in war. In more recent times, these forcibly involved children have come to be collectively referred to as ‘child soldiers’, in ... -
Educational Inequality and Quality of life: A comparative Study of Secondary Schools in Central and Northern Uganda
(2017)Drawing on a comparative analysis from central and northern regions of Uganda, we identified the factors that are associated with educational inequality and quality of life in secondary schools in both regions. Our sample ... -
Acholi Manyen made us Fight': Understanding the Metaphor in the Former Lord’s Resistance Army Female Fighters' Battle Spaces
(2019)Drawing on from literature on women‘s agency in wars and case studying the various battlespaces occupied by the former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) female fighters, I seek to argue that theformer LRA female fighters' role ... -
Accuracy of Using Leaf Blade Length and Leaf Blade Width Measurements to Calculate the Leaf Area of Solanum Aethiopicum Shum Group
(2018)Leaf area is an important parameter when determining growth response under normal as well as stressed environments. No attempt had been made to come up with an affordable but accurate alternative of measuring leaf size in ... -
Decentralization and Efficient Service Delivery in Local Governments
(2011)This collective volume on decentralization and service delivery in local governments, notably in Uganda, is the outcome of a conference organized in Kampala in 2009 by Uganda Martyrs University and University of Groningen. ...
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