Theses & Dissertations

Irene Lynette Akidi

RUF-36756 2017 CC BY 4.0 31 Aug 2017

Nicholaus Shokela Nchembi

Around the world, the use of improved agricultural technology among maize farmers to boost agricultural productivity has been emphasized. In view of this development, Tanzania Government implemented numerous initiatives and policies aimed …

RUF-36747 2017 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2017

Mary Raphael Marcel

Prevalence of childhood malnutrition in Tanzania is still high despite the numerous interventions that have been carried out to solve this problem. This has also been contributed by poor complementary feeding practices. This study develope…

RUF-36741 2017 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2017

Winnifred Ajok

Smallholder cassava farmers in Uganda face many production and marketing challenges including limited access to markets, high transportation costs and low sales volumes for unprocessed fresh cassava. In order to overcome these limitations,…

RUF-36729 2016 CC BY 4.0 26 Jul 2017

Julian Atukuri

Pomegranate fruit is susceptible to a number of postharvest quality problems such as external and internal decay, weight loss, internal browning, chilling injury and husk scald. Postharvest treatments offer the possibility of alleviating t…

RUF-36724 2017 CC BY 4.0 21 Jul 2017

L. Kaholongo

The objective of the study was to screen indigenous forage legumes found in central Namibia and evaluate their potential as fodder and protein source for livestock. The growth rate, biomass yield and nutritional value of four indigenous le…

RUF-36711 2016 CC BY 4.0 30 Jun 2017

Gabriel Karubanga

The increasing availability and access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is providing new opportunities to address the persistent challenge of limited access to agricultural information and knowledge by smallholder farmers.…

RUF-36709 2017 CC BY 4.0 30 Jun 2017

Allan Mariki

Maize is an important income generating food crop in Tanzania. However, yields remain low due to several limiting factors including among others diseases caused by fungi and viruses. The threat caused by several biotic factors in the count…

RUF-36704 2017 CC BY 4.0 23 Jun 2017

Prossy Nassanga

Complementary feeding still remains a challenge to many rural mothers in Uganda and Africa at large. This is mainly because of: (i) inappropriate complementary feeding practices by caregivers who lack adequate nutritional knowledge and goo…

RUF-36698 2016 CC BY 4.0 23 Jun 2017

Bongani Lucky Mvubu

Agriculture faces daunting challenges due to increasing population growth and changing food consumption patterns, natural resource scarcity, environmental degradation, climate change, and global economic restructuring. Therefore, it is nec…

RUF-36696 2015 CC BY 4.0 23 Jun 2017

Angela Aluko

Baobab fruit is important as non-timber forest product having a good source of Vitamin C, fiber and minerals although it is underutilized. Incorporation of its pulp to the probiotic yoghurt have significance to the health of human being. T…

RUF-36693 2017 CC BY 4.0 29 May 2017

Peter Ogweng

African swine fever is a devastating hemorrhagic fever of pigs, caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV). In Africa, the presence of a sylvatic cycle involving warthogs and soft ticks means that the risk of introduction of ASFV into …

RUF-36676 2017 CC BY 4.0 20 Apr 2017

Gemechu Raga Osena

Climate variability is affecting the whole world and its threat is greater in Ethiopia because of its less adaptive capacity and deepened poverty.This study was there fore designed to investigate the impact of rainfall and temperature vari…

RUF-36609 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Mar 2017

Hussein Zaharan

Perforation-mediated modified atmosphere packaging (PM-MAP) offers the possibility of optimising polymeric films in order to compensate for barrier limitations of conventional modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The aim of this study was …

RUF-36607 2014 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2017

Athuman Juma Mahinda

Field trials were conducted in semi arid area of Dodoma, central Tanzania with the aim of assessing the effect of three drip irrigation watering regimes on the production and economic returns of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). The irrigation tr…

RUF-36606 2014 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2017

Chaka Natai Abdo

The failure or the success of seasonal and annual rainfall amount and distribution is extremely critical for rain fed agriculture. The objective of this study was to analyze, examine, and characterize the seasonal and inter-annual temporal…

RUF-36594 2016 CC BY 4.0 3 Mar 2017

E. Afutu

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 Kg/ha though the …

RUF-36592 2017 CC BY 4.0 3 Mar 2017

Aline Kayitesi

This study was conducted to assess the influence of management systems and location on performance of Kuroiler and Local chickens. Initially, a survey using a standard questionnaire was done to characterize local chicken production systems…

RUF-36580 2015 CC BY 4.0 9 Feb 2017

Nyamonge Kenya

Farmer Field Schools (FFS) provide farmers with an opportunity to experiment new technologies which help them to make informed decisions that eventually lead to increased production and income. This study aimed at assessing the role of FFS…

RUF-36573 2016 CC BY 4.0 9 Feb 2017

Saimon Venance Karane

Legumes are important food and cash crops in developing countries. In Tanzania, more than half the farmers grow several species of grain legumes which include common bean, groundnut, pigeon pea, cowpea, chickpea, peas and soybean. However,…

RUF-36566 2016 CC BY 4.0 7 Feb 2017

Neema John Mboya

A total of 310 milk samples were collected from 180 small scale dairy farmers who brought their milk to Milk Collection Centres and 30 vendors in the study area. The bacteriological quality, physicochemical parameters and milk adulteration…

RUF-36564 2016 CC BY 4.0 7 Feb 2017

Semeni Ngozi

Participatory research approaches are widely being used for promoting the uptake of agricultural integrated innovations. The methods encourage greater knowledge sharing among farmers and give them more confidence in the technology being pr…

RUF-36553 2016 CC BY 4.0 3 Feb 2017

Moses Amugoli Otuba

Panama disease or Fusarium wilt of banana is the most devastating disease of banana in the world. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the causative organism, has the potential to survive in soil under unfavourable conditions for over …

RUF-36551 2016 CC BY 4.0 24 Jan 2017

Joseph Kisitu

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food crop in Mozambique. The crop is cultivated almost exclusively by smallholder farmers in warm marginal environments of the country. One of the key field hindrances to the success of…

RUF-36549 2016 CC BY 4.0 24 Jan 2017

Tadesse Jirata Megersa

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the important pulse crops in Ethiopia. However, its production is affected by pest and disease. Among the diseases Ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta rabiei, is considered to be the most devastatin…

RUF-36539 2016 CC BY 4.0 8 Dec 2016