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Stewards of the Natural Environmental Resources:
(Duquesne University, 2015-09)The slogan often used to describe the scenic beauty of Uganda’s natural environment is ‘Gifted by Nature.’ Rightly so, Uganda is home to Lake Victoria and four other lakes, not to mention crater lakes. Of the 241,550 sq ... -
The study comparison was between the Small East African Zebu and the Tyrolean Grey cattle crosses in Uganda
(African Scientific Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC), 2023-12-10)This study was conducted to assess farmers’ perception of the performance of indigenous Small East Africa Zebu (SEAZ) and Tyrolean Grey (TG) x SEAZ cattle cross. TGZ cattle is indigenous to the alpine region of Austria. ... -
A study of thermal comfort and thermal preferences in the upland tropical climate of Uganda, Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference: Making Comfort Relevant, Cumberland Lodge
(Windsor, 2016)Upland tropical climates, are often regarded as ‘benign’, but are of increasing concern, particularly with regard to thermal comfort in the context of climate change induced thermal comfort of university students in the ... -
Survival Fate’ or ‘Livelihood Option’? :
(2016-03)Uganda boasts of her natural resource wealth by day, and groans over its mismanagement by nightfall! Expectation and suspicion paradoxically typify the state of affairs of Uganda’s natural resource stock; flora, fauna and ... -
Technology and Architecture Education in Uganda
(The Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, 2006)Architecture education is a relatively new undertaking in Uganda. Despite this opportunity to develop an updated curriculum and pedagogy, an old paradigm continues to persist; isolating the teaching of architectural ... -
To Build or Not to Build: Going Live is [Not] Just Being Practical!
(Association of Architectural Educators, 2014)Increasingly students and faculty alike are calling for a “hands-on” approach to architecture and building construction as an integral part of the architectural education. Schools of architecture have implemented courses ... -
Training for professionalism:
(2016-09-30)If we are in search for proof of the grand ingenuity of modern engineering, we need look no further than the success of the recent JUNO mission to Jupiter. That engineers and scientists can capture our remotest imaginations ... -
Training for Real:
(2005)Graduates of Engineering in Uganda face great challenges in the work place as they are expected to be fully prepared to start work with little or no further training. In view of this, training has to begin at the University, ... -
Without ruffling feathers: Insights on non-threatening femininity
(The Uganda Feminist Forum, 2019)In this paper, I highlight the salience of agency as embodied in performing non-threatening femininity. I argue that the potency within this form of resistance is in its slipperiness and/or elusiveness to power. While ... -
Women involvement in use of ethnomedicinal products in Masaka and Mpigi Districts, Uganda
(Ecological Organic Agriculture - Growing Sustainability, 2023-03)Introduction - Cooked bananas, also known as matooke, are the main source of food in Uganda’s Central, Western, and Mt. Elgon regions. Recently, the production of bananas has been seriously threatened by numerous pests ...
