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Improved maize post-harvest handling technologies and their impact on maize farmers’ income in Kamuli district
(Makerere University, 2019)
This cross-sectional research survey studied improved maize post-harvest handling technologies and their impact on maize farmers’ income in Kamuli district. The research survey had three specific objectives which were: to ...
Factors affecting farmers’ participation in cooperative milk collection centre in Ngoma sub-county in Nakaseke district
(Makerere University, 2019-10)
The major purpose of the study was to assess the factors affecting farmer’s participation in cooperative milk collection centers in Ngoma subcounty in Nakaseke district. The specific objectives of the study were; to determine ...
Factors that influence the dairy farmers’ choice of milk marketing channel
(Makerere University, 2019-12)
The general objective of this study was to understand the factors that influence the farmers’
choice between the informal and formal milk marketing channels in Kyangyenyi Sub County,
Sheema District. The study was carried ...
Impact of livestock grazing systems on pasture production and species diversity in Kasolwe stock farm, Kamuli district
(Makerere University, 2019-12)
Herbage production in grazing systems is regulated by environmental variables, pasture species diversity and characteristics of the sward or pasture. However, changes in biomass production and species diversity of pastures ...
Effect of varying doses of Malathion on population dynamics of Tophilus zeamais (maize weevil) on stored maize and sorghum grain
(Makerere University, 2019)
Maize and sorghum are the major staple food cereal crops in Africa (CIMMYT, 2002; Ali et al., 2011). Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world after maize, rice, wheat and barley. It staple for over 500 ...
Response of growth and yield components of sweet pepper to different phosphorus application rates under screen house conditions in Wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2019-08)
Intensive agriculture is a farming system characterized by a lot use of input, causing a harm and stress on the environment, as well as high prices of inorganic fertilizers discouraged some farmers in Uganda to apply ...
The effect of participation in agricultural cooperatives on marketing efficiency of cocoa farmers in Bubukwanga Sub-County, Bundibugyo District.
(Makerere University., 2019-09)
The research study focused on the effect of participation in agricultural cooperatives on marketing efficiency of cocoa farmers in Bubukwanga sub-country Bundibugyo district. The study was guided by the ...
Unravelling the opportunity, ‘opportunity cost’ and threats of eucalyptus cultivation to adjacent farming households in Luweero district, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2019-11-22)
Cultivation of Eucalyptus was identified as one of the options for integrated watershed management in Luwero district yet the species has been blamed for ecologically adverse effects such as disrupting the hydrological ...
Market access among soya beans farmers in Mayuge district, Bukatube Sub county
(Makerere University, 2019)
Growth and yield response of cowpea to rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer application
(Makerere university, 2019-08)
The field experiment was carried out at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Kabanyolo (MUARIK) in Wakiso district, Uganda to evaluate the growth and yield response of cowpea to rhizobium inoculation and ...