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Farmer-based dynamics in tissue culture banana technology adoption: a socio-economic perspective among small holder farmers in Uganda
(Academic Journals, 2018-12-13)The rates at which tissue-culture banana technology at smallholder farmer level in Uganda are adopted have reduced since the late 1990s. The study assessed the socio-economic factors influencing adoption of this technology ... -
Foundations of indigenous knowledge on disasters due to natural hazards: lessons from the outlook on floods among the Bayira of the Rwenzori region
(Wiley Online Library, 2023-01)The role of indigenous knowledge in increasing context specificity and exposing blind spots in scientific understanding is widely evidenced in disaster studies. This paper aims to structure the processes that shape indigenous ... -
Genetic Diversity of Aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus Flavus Isolated from Selected Groundnut Growing Agro-ecological Zones of Uganda
(BMC Microbiology, 2020-08-14)Groundnut pre- and post-harvest contamination is commonly caused by fungi from the Genus Aspergillus. Aspergillus flavus is the most important of these fungi. It belongs to section Flavi; a group consisting of aflatoxigenic ... -
Heritability of drought resistance in Solanum aethiopicum Shum group and combining ability of genotypes for drought tolerance and recovery
(Elsevier, 2018-06)Drought tolerance is a complex trait whose inheritance had not been investigated in Solanum aethiopicum L. Shum group. This is partly because of perceived cross incompatibilities in the crop. This study relied on 24 ... -
Heterogeneity in Prevalence of Bovine Trypanosomosis and its Associated Risk Factors in Pastoral and Agro Pastoral Communities Surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
(Research Square, 2021-03-22)Bovine trypanosomosis transmitted by tsetse flies is a major constraint to cattle health and productivity in sub- Saharan countries including Uganda. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of bovine ... -
High Prevalence and Long Duration of Nervous System and Psychiatric Adverse Drug Reactions in Ugandan Patients Taking Efavirenz 600mg Daily
(2018)Efavirenz-related nervous system or psychiatric adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are conventionally reported to resolve soon after initiation, with incidence of dizziness at 8.5% in large clinical trials. Patients of black ... -
Identification And Characterization of Guanosine 5′-Monophosphate Reductase of Trypanosoma Congolense as a Drug Target
(2017)Trypanosoma congolense is one of the most prevalent pathogens which causes trypanosomosis in African animals, resulting in a significant economic loss. In its life cycle, T. congolense is incapable of synthesizing purine ... -
Identification and characterization of guanosine 5′-monophosphate reductase of Trypanosoma Congolese as a drug target.
(Parasitology international, 2017)Trypanosoma Congolese is one of the most prevalent pathogens which causes trypanosomosis in African animals, resulting in a significant economic loss. In its life cycle, T. Congolese is incapable of synthesizing purine ... -
Impact of integrating annual and perennial legumes under Coffea arabica on sloping land
(MDPI Company, 2023-01-30)Above-ground biomass cover under Coffea arabica on sloping land is beneficial but difficult to sustain. Interplanting annual and perennial legumes can sustain the above-ground biomass cover, and improve soil fertility, ... -
Impacts of COVID 19 Total Confinement on Rural Youth Food Security
(Science Publishing Group, 2021-07-13)Uganda is amongst the countries in Africa which have experienced total confinement during the COVID 19 outbreak. The impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic will have disproportionate effects on populations with higher ... -
Implementation of COVID-19 Control Measures: Effect on Fertilizer Supply and Soil Fertility in Africa
(Academic Journals, 2021-07)The unexpected outbreak of novel COVID-19 in late 2019 and continual spread across the world has disrupted the agricultural value chain. The World Health Organization (WHO) prescribed border closure, lockdown, social ... -
The incrimination of three trypanosome species in clinically affected German shepherd dogs in Sudan
(Springer, 2014)Canine trypanosomosisis (CT) is a common disease caused by tsetse- and non-tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes worldwide. The severity of the disease varies from acute, sub-acute to chronic with non-specific clinical ... -
Insect pests in apple (Malus domestca Borkh) gardens: review
(GSC Online Press, 2023-04-05)Apple (Malus domestica), is one of the most important fruit trees cultivated in temperate regions but, newly introduced in Uganda for its income and nutritional importance. However, apples are found to be susceptible to ... -
Interaction of the predatory ant Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the polyphagus pest Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidea)
(Elsevier, 2017-01)We evaluated the potential of using Pheidole megacephala as a biological control agent against the coffee twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff), an economically important pest of Robusta coffee in Uganda. Upon observing ... -
Isolation, and molecular characterization of Brucella isolates in cattle milk in Uganda
(2015)Brucellosis is endemic in livestock and humans inUganda and its transmission involves amultitude of risk factors like consumption of milk frominfected cattle. To shed new light on the epidemiology of brucellosis in Uganda ... -
Isolation, cultivation and molecular characterization of a new Trypanosoma equiperdum strain in Mongolia
(2016)Background: Trypanosoma equiperdum causes dourine via sexual transmission in Equidae. T. equiperdum is classified under the subgenus Trypanozoon along with the T. brucei sspp. and T. evansi; however, the species classification ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on bovine trypanosomosis control in pastoral and agro pastoral communities surrounding Murchison Falls National Park
(Springer Link, 2021-05-07)A mixed method survey was conducted among pastoral and agro pastoral communities surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices about control of bovine trypanosomosis. A total ... -
Land Use Practices in the Rural and Urban Sub Catchments of River Rwizi, Western-Uganda; Their Effect on Its Ecological Characteristics
(Science Publishing Group, 2018)The water quality of river Rwizi has increasingly become a concern at community, district and national levels, serving a wider catchment in the south western part of Uganda. With the increasing national human population, ... -
Low cost maize stover biochar as an alternative to inorganic fertilizer for improvement of soil chemical properties, growth and yield of tomatoes on degraded soil of Northern Uganda
(Springer Nature, 2023-10-07)Soil fertility decline due to nutrient mining coupled with low inorganic fertilizer usage is a major cause of low crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, biochar potential to improve soil fertility has gained ... -
Low Input Approaches for Soil Fertility Management in Semiarid Eastern Uganda
(American Society of Agronomy, 2007)Grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is an important food crop of semiarid sub-Saharan Africa. Crop yields are generally low, partly due to low soil fertility. Research was conducted with farmers to evaluate, ...