Working Document Series Open Access Farmers’ Willingness to Invest in Improved soil and Water Conservation Technologies in Semi Arid Districts of Uganda R. Bangizi · R. Mulwa · J.B. Tumuhairwe One of the adaptation strategies to climatic change effects is use of soil and water conservation technologies. Studies in Uganda have revealed a variable significant adoption level of soil conservation practices across the country. Howeve… RUF-32655 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Information for Mangrove Forests Conservation in Democratic Republic of Congo F.P. Banga · R.S. Lumbuenamo · G.O. Obati This study evaluated information flow within rural communities in the Moanda territory, Democratic Republic of Congo with an aim of aiding improved management and conservation of mangrove forests along the Atlantic coast. In this study, so… RUF-32647 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Assessing the Potential of Camel Milk as a Livelihood Option in the Face of Climatic and Environmental Changes in Drylands of Kenya D.M. Nyariki · V.O. Wasonga · A.M. Yazan Elhadi In drylands of Kenya, the adverse effects of climate variability and change has directly weakened the pastoral production system and made it less effective as a livelihood option. This has med most pastoral household food insecure. However… RUF-32642 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Production Performance and Contribution of Dairy Goats to Income of Small Scale Farmers: A Case of Babati and Kongwa Districts in Tanzania S.W. Chenyambuga · Mary Jackson · D.M. Komwihangilo · E.E. Ndemanisho This study was carried out in Babati and Kongwa districts in Tanzania to determine the lactation performance, reproduction performance, profitability and contribution of dairy goats to household income of small scale farmers. The data were… RUF-32638 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Evaluation of Locally Available Feed Resources for Dairy Goat Feeding in Kongwa District, Tanzania S.W. Chenyambuga · T. Damas Msaki · D.M. Komwihangilo An experiment was conducted to assess the effects of three concentrate diets made from locally available feed resources on milk production and growth rates of dairy goats kept by small-scale farmers in Kongwa district. The concentrate diet… RUF-32632 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Comparison of the Egg Characteristics of Different Sudanese Indigenous Chicken Types Mohammed Kheir Abdelrahman · Dafaalla Mohammed Mekki · Hassan Hussein Musa · Jin-yu Wang +1 more Three local types of Sudanese indigenous fowls, large Baladi (LB), Bare-neck (BN) and Betwil (BT) were characterised for maturity live weight and egg characteristics. The BN average live weight (1547.2±274.5 gm) was heavier than either LB … RUF-32627 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Development of Management Practices for Sustainable Improvement of Dairy Goat Productivity in Tanzania S.W. Chenyambuga · T. Damas Msaki · Mary Jackson · D.M. Komwihangilo +1 more This study was carried out to evaluate the performance of dairy goats introduced in rural areas of Babati and Kongwa districts, Tanzania. In addition, the study was aimed at developing good quality and cheap supplementary feed rations base… RUF-32621 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Improving Tenderness of Off-layer Chicken Meat Using Dried Papaya (Carica papaya) Leaves Dietary Supplementation H.O. Abdalla · N.N.A. Ali · S.A.M. Ali · F.S. Siddig This experiment was carried out at Gezira University Poultry Farm to evaluate the effect of adding papaya dry leaves to offlayer chicken diet before slaughter. Forty eight hens were used, half of them fed a concentrate ration containing 10… RUF-32612 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Policy Strategies Interventions and the way forward for Sesame Crop: A Case Study of Kordofan Region, Sudan Musa Ali · Sheikh Dekha · Ali Shawgi Kordofan region is one of the most important traditional producers of sesame in Sudan. This study analysed the sesame crop value chain of Kordofan region from producers to processors in terms of material flows, information flows and relati… RUF-32607 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in the Potato Market in Kabale and Mbale A. Kasharu · E. Katungi · J. Mugisha · C. Sebatta This study was done in Kabale and Mbale districts of Uganda for the two potato growing seasons of 2011/2012. It sought to determine factors that hinder smallholder farmers’ level of participation in the potato market in addition to those t… RUF-32603 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access The Potential of School Gardening to Mitigate Short-term Hunger among Universal Primary Schools in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda P. Kibwika · F.B.I. Kyazze · Dorcas Elizabeth Loga This paper reports on a Field Attachment Program Award (FAPA), an internship undertaken by the first author to report back to the communities where the MSc thesis research was done, and come up with ideas to scale up the Masters’ research … RUF-32598 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access A Synthesis of Factors that Contributed to the Decline in the Number of Practical Assessed Projects for the Junior Secondary Education in Botswana K Hulela The purpose of this ethnographic research study was to investigate the factors that contributed to the decline in the number of practical assessed projects in junior secondary education in Botswana. The study was conducted at the Botswana … RUF-32594 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Enhancing Efficient Energy Coping Mechanisms in Olio Sub-County, Eastern Uganda A. Egeru · J.G.M. Majaliwa This field attachment programme aimed at disseminating the MSc. study findings and train women and local artisans in constructing improved cook stoves. The programme thus provided an opportunity to the community to discuss the issues affec… RUF-32592 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access School Gardens for Improved Quality of Primary Education and Community Food Security in Soroti District, Uganda S. Apolot · P. Okaje · J.A. Olaja School gardening was practiced in Uganda over 30 years ago. Perceptions about school gardening were however varied, with many people looking it negatively. It is however known to have positive attributes including transferring practical ag… RUF-32589 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Potential of School Gardening as a Laboratory for Developing Life Skills in Agriculture: The case of Universal Primary Education Schools in Kamuli and Soroti Districts, Uganda S. Apolot · P. Kibwika · B.F. Kyazze · Dorcas Elizabeth Loga School curricula in Africa emphasise competitive academic subjects and prioritize terminal examinations over practical skills. Although it has been argued that schools can serve as platforms for reaching rural communities with farming inno… RUF-32585 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Changes in Farming Practices in the Lake Kivu Basin M.W. Adidja · S. Bashwira · F. Kansiime · J.G.M. Majaliwa +1 more Provinces of eastern D.R. Congo are going through a period of political instability which has impacted negatively on the way smallholder farmers manage natural resources. This has contributed to increased degradation of Lake Kivu water and… RUF-32580 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access High Frequency Adventitious Root and Shoot Regeneration in Recalcitrant Sweet Potato Cultivars M. Ghislain · A. Kiggundu · S.B. Mukasa · A. Sefasi +1 more resistance to weevils through conventional hybridisation has been limited by the lack of resistance sources in the sweetpotato germplasm. The aim of this study was to investigate induction of adventitious shoots which would facilitate gene… RUF-32574 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Impact of transgenic sweet potato on non-target species M. Ghislain · W.J. Moar · S.B. Mukasa · B. Odongo +2 more Sweetpotato is affected by the sweetpotato weevil (Cylas spp.) which caused immense tuber yield loss in many sub-Saharan Africa countries. Management of this pest is still difficult. The International Potato Centre has introduced insectici… RUF-32568 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Maize streak virus (MSV) diversity in Uganda and the assessment of gene silencing as a tool for development of resistance to MSV B.E. Owor · D.M. Shepherd · J.A. Thompson Through an extensive survey conducted in all maize-growing regions in Uganda as well as the application of gene silencing to develop a novel disease control option for maize streak disease, the diversity of Maize streak virus (MSV) in diff… RUF-32561 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Adapting Selected Grafting Techniques to Propagation of Vitellaria Paradoxa ssp. Nilotica (the Shea Butter Tree) in Uganda M. Malinga · D. Obua · C.A. Okia · J.B.L. Okullo This preliminary study is being carried out in Adwari Sub County, Otuke District (Northern Uganda). The aim of the study is to adapt an appropriate grafting technique for propagating Vitellaria paradoxa in Uganda. Two grafting techniques (… RUF-32552 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Inheritance of Phosphorus use Efficiency and Resistance to Anthracnose in Selected Sorghum Genotypes Grown in the Acid Soils of Western Kenya S. Gudu · A. Nyambok · P. Okori The acid soils of Western Kenya where most of the sorghum is grown have very low available phosphorus, and thus cannot support optimal sorghum productivity. In addition, foliar anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum L.) also reduces sorgh… RUF-32546 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Performance of Selected Grain Sorghum Genotypes for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods S. Kyamanywa · M. Mgonja · P.W. Muturi · P. Rubaihayo +1 more Sorghum is a useful cereal crop cultivated by numerous resource poor farmers in semi arid regions. The crop is indigenous thus well adapted to various environments in Kenya. Sorghum performs better than other cereal staples particularly ma… RUF-32542 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Mechanisms of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Spotted Stem Borer (Chilo Partellus) S.N. Mugo · S.W. Munyiri · J.K. Mwololo · P. Okori +1 more This study examined the mechanisms of stem borer resistance in CIMMYT tropical inbred maize. Kenya is a producer of maize, but cannot satisfy its domestic needs. The maize stalk borers are among the production constraints that are responsi… RUF-32536 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Inheritance of Resistance to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Interspecific and Intraspecific Rice in Uganda R. Edema · P. Gibson · J. Lamo · E. Munganyinka Rice Yellow Mottle Virus sobemovirus (RYMV) has been noticed as major constraint of both upland and lowland rice. It is highly infectious, variable and several resistance-breaking strains have been identified. The effective control was mai… RUF-32530 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Mass propagation of selected papaya planting materials through shoot tip culture in Kenya A.W. Kihurani · E.G. Mamati · N.N. Mumo · F.K.R. Wanzala The objective of this study was to optimise media conditions in order to develop an efficient plantlet regeneration system of papaya planting materials. Twelve combinations of different levels of BAP (0.1, 0.3, 0.5 & 0.7mg/L) and NAA (… RUF-32525 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
