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Assessing the impact of land fragmentation on food security in Kakanju Sub-county Bushenyi District
(Makerere University, 2019-10-07)
This study sought to contribute knowledge to evaluation of land fragmentation on food security with specific reference to Kakanju Sub County. The study was guided by the specific objectives as follows; To determine the ...
Contribution of Agroforestry to household food security in Busoro Sub County Kabarole District
(Makerere University, 2019-10-14)
Much as agroforestry practices are known to provide enormous products and services to several rural communities worldwide, such practices, products and services are not adequately documented in Busoro Sub-County. This study ...
Impact of climate change on food security in female and male headed households in the central cattle corridor of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-10-24)
Food security in the central cattle corridor is greatly influenced by changes in climate since agriculture there is typically rain-fed. However, there is limited knowledge on whether farmers perceive climate change and how ...
Assessment of maize-legume intercrop on the food security and household income of smallholder farmers in Mayuge district
(Makerere University, 2019)
In most developing countries smallholder farmers practice cereal-legume intercrop to mitigate risks of crop failure. Maize being one of the most crucial and strategic cereal crops not only in Africa but as well in developed ...
Contribution of agroforestry to food security in Ntwetwe Sub-county, Kyankwanzi district
(Makerere University, 2019-08-17)
The role of agroforestry in supporting food and nutritional security has been widely recognized in especially rural parts of developing Countries. It is factual that, physical and economic accessibility to food is still ...
Reversion from Sweet potato feathery mottle virus in bi-parental population of Naspot 11 and Beauregard
(Makerere University, 2019-05)
Sweet potato is among the foods likely to contribute significantly to food security and hunger
mitigation. Its production is constrained by several socio-economic, abiotic and biotic factors
(Loebenstein and Thottappilly, ...
Assessing the adaptive capacity of smallholder cropping systems to climate change in Kakooge Sub County, Nakasongola District
(Makerere University, 2019)
Climate change will exacerbate challenges facing food security in Nakasongola. Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events will further impact upon cropping systems. At the heart of the impending challenges ...