Theses & Dissertations

E.W. Githae

Acacia senegal is a dryland multipurpose tree species highly valued for gum Arabic production, agroforestry and desertification control. The aim of this study was to investigate the edaphic and genetic factors that affect distribution of t…

RUF-35772 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

R. Mulebeke

Water flow and storage within the root zone constrains water availability and use in rain-fed crop production, especially in the dryland cropping systems, where farmers are resource-strained and are not motivated to practice soil and water…

RUF-35771 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

V. E. Tairo

Communities inhabiting marginal drylands are the most vulnerable to the impacts of drought and climate change. In order to survive they utilize various woody plants as food sources in times of food scarcity. This study was undertaken to as…

RUF-35770 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

Feyssa Debela Hunde

Drylands have a several livelihood problems where food insecurity features as one of the most serious impediments. Food security is among the key problems faced by semiarid people of Ethiopia in general and East Shewa in particular. Wild e…

RUF-35767 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

M. W. Baaru

The study was carried out at Kathekakai settlement scheme, Machakos District to evaluate effects of vegetative macro contour line on soil moisture content and crop performance. In addition, the study also looked at land use and land cover …

RUF-35760 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

V. M. Tasokwa Kakota

Climate variability is a challenge to ensuring food security among populations that mainly depend on rain-fed agriculture. It affects rural women and men differently. However, there is inadequate information to link climate variability to …

RUF-35758 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015

H. Phiri

Producer Support Estimate (PSE) for the staple food crop maize were calculated in this study to add to knowledge on the incentives and disincentives that created by public policy in agriculture. All the PSE were negative implying that prod…

RUF-35702 2013 CC BY 4.0 4 Nov 2015

A.M. Yazan Elhadi

Pastoral production system in Kenya is facing many challenges such as high livestock mortality, high incidence of malnutrition and marginalisation. This has been worsened by the impact of climate variability and change which has rendered m…

RUF-35698 2015 CC BY 4.0 3 Nov 2015

Mwahija Almasi Irika

Sunflower contributes about 40% of total national cooking oil requirement in Tanzania, ranking as one of the most important cooking oil with very high nutritional value. However, its production per unit area ranges between 800 and 1100 kg/…

RUF-35636 2015 CC BY 4.0 8 Oct 2015

C.I. Sibomana

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) is a fruit vegetable, and like most horticultural commodities is highly perishable. It is often exposed to stresses either imposed by other organisms (biotic) or arising from imbalance of environmental f…

RUF-35633 2011 CC BY 4.0 8 Oct 2015

H. Machekano

The overall objective of the study was to establish the efficacies of different inert dusts alone and in combination with safer levels of a synthetic pyrethroid or a bio-pesticide as grain protectants. Parallel on-station ecological studie…

RUF-35592 2013 CC BY 4.0 7 Oct 2015

John Adriko

Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) caused by whitefly-transmitted cassava mosaic geminiviruses has been a major constraint to cassava production in Uganda since 1988 when a particularly severe epidemic of the disease was first reported. The intr…

RUF-35569 2005 CC BY 4.0 1 Oct 2015

M.K.N. Ochwo-Ssemakula

Horticulture is one of the fastest growing sub sectors in Uganda with an estimated annual growth rate of about 20%. Although its contribution to the economy has never been quantified, the role of horticulture in creating employment and gen…

RUF-35556 2008 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Fulgence Niyongabo

The main objective of this study were: 1) to determine the pathogenicity of rice blast isolates collected in three key rice producing districts of Uganda on standard host differentials, 2) to estimate the heritability, mode of gene action …

RUF-35555 2012 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Anne K. Nalukenge

Quality Protein Maize (QPM) is derived from natural mutations that increase the level of lysine and tryptophan in maize grain. The rate of QPM development has been slowed down due to frequently poor kernel texture associated with opaque-2.…

RUF-35553 2008 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Joseph. Egabu

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) continues to be important food crop in Uganda, being only second to banana in total production and per capita consumption. However, cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs), family Germiniviridae: Genus Begomo…

RUF-35552 2002 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Patience Byaruhanga

Sweet potato research in Uganda has led to development and release of many varieties by the National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCCRI) of the National Agricultural Research Organsation (NARO). The researchers have used three majo…

RUF-35550 2008 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Irene N.S. Musebe

The government of Uganda has been funding sorghum research and technology dissemination for over two decades. In Eastern Uganda priority research agenda for sorghum in the said last decades has been development of improved crop varieties t…

RUF-35548 2007 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Richard McBond Asiimwe

The study was about watershed management for preservation, conservation and sustainable use of resources. The study was carried out in Kabale and Kisoro districts in Kigezi highlands where population pressure on land is high due to a high …

RUF-35546 2010 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Samuel. Sentumbwe

Improved production technologies have been developed and adopted by some farmers in the country. These technologies were developed with the aim of improving farmer’s welfare but its known that households get income from sources other than …

RUF-35545 2007 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

David Nanfumba

Malaria is one of the water related diseases that is believed to reduce the available labour in agriculture especially in the paddy rice farming systems which serve as breeding grounds. The breeding habitats, their bio-physical properties …

RUF-35541 2008 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Innocent. Ndyetabula

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) are among the most important cassava and sweet potato limitations in Tanzania. Field studies were conducted at four locations in Kagera Region in northwestern Tanzania to i…

RUF-35540 2004 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Godfrey. Ssendege

This study was conducted to enhance breeding for resistance to soybean rust, the greatest obstacle to soybean production in Uganda. To undertake this assignment, 91 exotic soybean accessions and 39 advanced lines available from the Nationa…

RUF-35538 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

R. Mating

Agricultural activities; grazing and cropping are thought to be the major contributors to non-point wetland pollution and other land degradation forms in the highlands and foothills while industrial effluents and domestic waste disposal ar…

RUF-35534 2012 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015

Selemani Chamdimba Chimwemwe

This study was conducted in Zomba district of Southern Malawi to evaluate the profitability of mixed tree intercropping and relay cropping agroforestry technologies. Thondwe, Malosa and Dzaone Extension Planning Areas of the district agric…

RUF-35533 2007 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015