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Bananas constitute an important component of farm enterprises in the mid altitudes of central and eastern provinces of Kenya. In recent years the crop has steadily gained importance over traditional cash crops, e.g. coffee, and various sho…
Livestock, one of the important agricultural sectors in the lives of millions of people world over, is greatly affected by epidemics of Trans-boundary animal diseases (TAD). Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most important TAD tha…
This study was conducted in Bara locality during the period 2009-2010 to assess the impact of using different types of organic fertilizers on tomato yield growing in a sandy soil. Five treatments were compared, i.e., compost, fresh chicken…
Browses have tannins and lignin which bind protein N and fiber and could subsequently affect release of manure nutrients in the soil when fed to animals. In this experiment, which was a pot experiment, cattle fecal manure from browse/maize…
Major losses in sheep and goats have been incurred from Peste des petit ruminants (PPR), a relatively new disease in East Africa. It first appeared in Eastern Uganda but has since spread to most of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Small rumina…
Livestock form an important part of Uganda’s GDP with a big proportion of households deriving their livelihoods from the sector. However, pasture management and disease control especially Transboundary Animal Disease outbreaks have challen…
Banana is an important crop for food security in Kenya. Its production has been hindered by scarcity of seedlings and pests, among other factors. A recent survey in eastern and central Kenya showed that desert varieties are prefered due to…
In recent years exotic breeds and crossbred goats of the indigenous breeds and some European breeds (mainly dairy goats) have been distributed in rural areas of Tanzania to increase goat productivity and alleviate poverty. However, the dis…
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), as in most fruit vegetables, is often exposed to stresses either imposed by other organisms (biotic) or arising from imbalance of environmental factors (abiotic). Water management is a key factor tha…
Village poultry is one of those abundant assets for the rural poor in Uganda that could be utilized to eradicate poverty in the country since poultry farming addresses the needs of the underprivileged in society especially women and childr…
The study was conducted at two locations, namely, Hudeiba Research Station Farm (moderately fertile soil) and Matera (poor soil) in River Nile State for two seasons between 20082010. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect…
Newcastle disease (ND) is documented among the most important diseases of poultry in the world, causing devastating losses in both commercial and village chickens. It is capable of causing mortality rates of up to 100% of the flock and, as…
Biophysical conditions; climate and soil types underpin the suitability for growing of different crops at larger scales such as the agroecological regions while at the lower scales, crop production is governed by soil fertility status and …
The non-edible vegetable oil from Jatropha curcas has been found to be a viable source for producing biodiesel. Biodiesel production from different accessions of Jatropha curcas will be compared in order to determine the highest yielding a…
With the current water shortage in Eastern Africa, improving crop water use is vital especially in the arid and semi-arid regions of Ethiopia. To understand the response of barley (Hordeum vulgare) to water and to simulate the biomass and …
This study determined the patterns and magnitudes of land cover and use changes, their driving factors and impacts on soil quality and pasture productivity in Nakasongola district. Satellite data (1970 - 2009), surveys, soil and pasture sa…
This paper describes a collaborative research involving South Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi to disseminate resilient agro-ecosystem packages. Modifying crop arrangement by planting legumes within and bet…
Two strains of the fast-growing bean rhizobia- PV1 and PV2 and two others of the slow-growing cowpea and soybean bradyrhizobia- CP1 and GM8 respectively, were used to test their in vitro proliferation and in vivo survival. Known amounts of…
The objective of this study was to examine the trend in landuse/ cover change around Atari micro-catchment and determine the effect of these changes on carbon stock and Atari river water quality. An Earth Resources Data Analysis System (ER…
Iron and zinc deficiencies that are prevalent in most sub-Saharan African countries have been attributed to the low grain micronutrient levels in local varieties. The study characterised micronutrient (iron and zinc) dense maize germplasm …
A drip system operating under deficit irrigation was used to evaluate water productivity (WP) of TMV-1 maize variety in Morogoro, Tanzania. A block was divided into four sub-blocks; and each randomly assigned with deficit treatment (T1, T2…
Poor soil fertility and fertiliser management coupled with increased frequency of mid-season droughts induced by climate change have made it difficult for urban farmers to get sustainable crop yields especially on sandy soils. Urban farmer…
Conventional cassava breeding has yielded a lot of progress for many traits including pest and disease resistance and high yields but little progress has been made with respect to drought tolerance. It is believed that molecular breeding o…
Sorghum is an important staple food grain crop for the millions of people living in the semi-arid tropics in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The present study examined phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 95 Sudanese sorghum accessi…
A glasshouse experiment was conducted using tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) var. Carl J to investigate the effect of composting coffee pulp with Minjingu phosphate rock (MPR) on phosphorus availability, plant growth and yield response …
