TAGDev Resources Open Access Determinants of household food security in a rangeland area of Uganda A. Egeru · Betty Mbolanyi · D. Mfutumikiza Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists operating in the rangelands of Uganda remain food insecure. This study determined the status of household food security in Nakaseke district, Uganda. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in February 201… RUF-37187 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Sep 2017
TAGDev Resources Open Access Access to and use of video-mediated agricultural information: lessons from the case of Sasakawa global 2000 rice videos in Uganda Gabriel Karubanga · P. Kibwika · Florent Okry · H. Sseguya Video can be effectively used to provide information to small scale farmers. However, its effectiveness to enhance access to and use of information depends on certain organizational, social, economic and technical factors. This cross-secti… RUF-37183 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Sep 2017
TAGDev Resources Open Access Institutional determinants of credit utilization in the savings and credit cooperatives in Soroti district, Uganda J.G. Agea · Deborah Alio · W. Ekere · F.B. Matsiko +1 more Rural credit schemes have been espoused as key avenues for reducing rural poverty. Their success, however, continues to be hampered by institutional inefficiencies and poor allocation of loans. This study examined the institutional factors… RUF-37182 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Sep 2017
TAGDev Resources Open Access Awareness, perceptions and implementation of policy and legal provisions on wetlands in Uganda Vincent Barugahare · W. Kakuru · D.M. Tumusiime · Nelson Turyahabwe +1 more Wetland degradation is currently a major global environmental challenge. In Uganda, the situation is similar despite the country’s relatively long history of wetland policy and legislation. This study was carried out after over two decades… RUF-37179 2017 CC BY 4.0 26 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access The role of environmental education in soil conservation and management in Kalisizo, Rakai district, Uganda A. Egeru · J. Nassuna This study examined the role of environmental education in soil conservation and management in Rakai District. Data were collected through a mixed methods approach involving the use of cross-sectional survey, focus group discussions and ke… RUF-37166 2016 CC BY 4.0 20 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Positioning rural women agri-entrepreneurs to address short-term hunger and undernutrition in rural primary schools in Uganda C. Mayanja · B. Mugonola · D. Ongeng Short-term hunger and under nutrition is a key development challenge that has continued to undermine efforts to improve enrolment, retention and acquisition of basic academic skills by children in primary schools in developing countries, w… RUF-37153 2016 CC BY 4.0 20 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Mechanised multi-row seeding of finger millet N. Kiggundu · E. Muyingo · J.S. Tenywa Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) in sub-Saharan Africa is produced at subsistence level by low income earners and particularly in drought prone areas. Unfortunately, production is affected by many factors most especially weeds. … RUF-37147 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Development of a Millet-Sesame-Soy complementary food composite for rural communities Prossy Nassanga · I. Okello-Uma · D. Ongeng Complementary feeding still remains a challenge to many rural mothers in Uganda and Africa at large. Commercial complementary food formulae available on the market are too expensive and not easily accessible to poor people in developing co… RUF-37136 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Economic viability and competitiveness of processed cassava products among rural women in north and north eastern Uganda Winnifred Ajok · B. Mugonola · D. Ongeng Smallholder cassava farmers in Uganda face a range of production and marketing challenges in the cassava value chain. Cassava processing and value addition is fronted as a viable option to alleviating challenges faced by smallholder farmer… RUF-37123 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Improving protein and micronutrient quality of cassava meal for application in primary school feeding in Uganda S. Elolu · B. Mugonola · C.K. Muyanja · D. Ongeng The potential of Soybeans and silver fish (Mukene) to improve the protein and micronutrient content of ‘Gari’ for application in primary school feeding in rural areas was investigated in north and north eastern Uganda. Three different form… RUF-37119 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Effectiveness of mobile phone supported market information dissemination in promoting Agricultural marketing in Northern Uganda J.A. Apili · Y. Jemal · D. Ongeng Over three-thirds of farmers in Uganda are subsistence farmers and market less than 10 percent of their output. The high cost of marketing is one of the reasons for remaining at the subsistence level. An appropriate agricultural market inf… RUF-37110 2016 CC BY 4.0 19 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Determinants of adoption of potato production in the low land areas of Uganda F. Bagamba · Lule, J. Kyanjo · J. Mugisha Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an important food and cash crop for smallholder farmers, giving more food, more nutrition and more cash per unit of area and time. Adoption of the crop is therefore seen as a pathway to improved smallholder fa… RUF-36971 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Evaluation of biochemical components as a mechanism of cassava resistance to whitefly infestation in Uganda S. Kyamanywa · M. Mwala · N. Mwila · E. Nuwamanya +2 more Bemisia tabaci is one of the most common whitefly species worldwide that have been identified to cause serious harm in various crops through direct damage and as a vector of viral diseases. In Uganda, cassava varieties used have succumbed … RUF-36956 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Journal articles Open Access How farmer videos trigger social learning to enhance innovation among smallholder rice farmers in Uganda Gabriel Karubanga · P. Kibwika · Florent Okry · H. Sseguya Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools such as videos promoted to enhance farmer access to information to influence change in farming practices need to be situated in social learning processes. Farmers learn and innovate thro… RUF-36952 2017 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Sources and inheritance of resistance to Sesame Webworm in Uganda W. Anyanga · M. Biruma · R. Edema · P. Gibson +3 more Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important income security crop among smallholder farmers in Eastern and Northern Uganda. However, Sesame webworm (Antigastra catalaunalis Dup) causes high yield loses in Uganda. A few sesame genotypes resi… RUF-36946 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Evaluation of the response of rice genotypes to bacterial leaf streak disease in Uganda M. Kanaabi · J. Lamo · P. Tukamuhabwa · G. Tusiime Destructive rice diseases like bacterial leaf streak (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola) have been reported to be on the increase. In 2014, researchers in Uganda spotted signs typical of bacterial leaf streak disease (BLS) in rice fields in… RUF-36941 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Bacterial leaf streak disease of Rice: A silent constraint to Rice production in Uganda J.L. Andaku · G. Onaga · P. Tukamuhabwa · G. Tusiime Bacterial leaf streak disease (BLS) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzicola is one of the emergent biotic constraints to rice production in Africa. The disease, which can cause yield loss of up to 60% on susceptible cultivars, was observ… RUF-36938 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Prevalence of varroa mite infestations among honey bee colonies in Uganda A.M. Akol · D.R. Kugonza · D. Namayanja Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are well adapted insects with great economic importance as pollinators and honey producers. However, their health is being threatened by various diseases and pests among which is the Varroa mite (Varroa destruct… RUF-36916 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Diversity of sorghum in farmers’ fields in Northern and Eastern Uganda P.C. Apunyo · M. Businge · P. Isubikalu · T.L. Odong +1 more Crop genetic diversity is one of the key resources available to humanity for effective response to challenges associated with climate change and the ever-growing world population. Sorghum is a marginal environment crop with needs for const… RUF-36892 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Influence of mountainous ecosystems in the production of Arabica coffee J. Bonabana-Wabbi · S. Cherukut · J. Karungi · J.B. Tumuhairwe The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of how land use intensity in high altitude areas and soil management influences abundance and diversity of natural enemies, including pests of coffee and influences on microclimate and soil… RUF-36871 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Nutrition education competences needed by agricultural extension workers: perceptions of farmers and field extension workers in Uganda M.K. Kabahenda · M. N. Mangheni · F. Shimali Multi-sectoral nutrition education approaches espoused by Uganda and other countries call for active involvement of agricultural extension workers in education and guidance of farmers on household nutrition. However, there is inadequate un… RUF-36839 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Characteristics of effective nutrition-agricultural extension interventions: lessons from civil society extension organizations in Uganda M.K. Kabahenda · M. N. Mangheni · T. Sitenda · P. Walekhwa Conventional agricultural extension interventions have focused on production objectives with limited attention on nutrition. Recently, there has been a new thrust by the international and regional organizations as well as national governme… RUF-36835 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Documenting and disseminating Agricultural Indigenous Knowledge for sustainable food security in Uganda Eric Nelson Haumba · S. Kaddu Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has for long been an integral part for maintaining and strengthening sustainable livelihood opportunities in rural communities. Indigenous Knowledge is socio-economically affordable, sustainable, involves minimum … RUF-36829 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Refocusing student–farmer attachment of Gulu University for improving marketing efficiency of smallholder farmers in Uganda S. W. Kalule · D.M. Okello · D. Ongeng Many curricula of university academic programs in sub-Saharan African do not provide for adequate field-based practical training. In part this is blamed on the limited public funding of programs and activities in Higher Education Instituti… RUF-36820 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Harnessing higher education institutions’ capabilities in controlling trans-boundary animal diseases at the livestock-wildlife interface: the case for African swine fever in Uganda A .R .O. Ademun · P. Atimnedi · C. Masembe · V.B. Muwanika +1 more Uganda is the third largest pig producing country in Africa. However the pig industry in Uganda is currently threatened by African swine fever virus (ASFV) disease, which is a fatal, contagious viral haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs, … RUF-36809 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
