Browsing School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS) Collection by Subject "Soil quality"
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Assessing the suitability of Kabanyolo soils for soybean production
(Makerere University, 2019-11-12)Land suitability normally refers to the process of estimating the fitness of a given piece of land for alternative agricultural uses. Land suitability analysis for soybean also referred to as Glycine max (L.) Merr helps ... -
Comparison of visual and laboratory methods of soil quality assessment in Mubuku Irrigation Scheme, Kaseese, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)The knowledge on soil quality and its assessment is of great importance to farmers and other land users as it’s a way of identifying issues affecting the soil and those hindering it from performing its functions thereby ... -
Effect of landuse on soil quality with emphasis on cultivated, bush fallow and pine tree forest in Pingire subcounty Serere district
(Makerere University, 2022)Uganda is one of the countries that depends highly on agriculture with over 70% of the working population employed in agriculture. The demand for food is ever on the rise due to increasing population. To meet the food ... -
Overgrazing and its consequences on soil quality in Nakasongola rangelands of central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Livestock are important for meat, milk, skin and traditional purposes. Efforts to successfully reduce soil deterioration due to overgrazing in Uganda have not considered farmers’ perceptions. A survey was thus conducted ...