In Uganda, highland Bananas are considered as the finest fruits and the most important in terms Wakiso District include farmers years of experience, size of land owned by an individual farmer Banana production in Wakiso ...

Knowledge of morphological characterization and phenotypic trait variability are very important in selection of traits for improvement as well as discrimination of germplasm in improvement programmes. Three accessions ...

The aim of the study was to examine the effect of covid-19 on boda boda riders. The study also sought to examine the effect of covid-19 on boda boda business, find out the effect of covid-19 on income of boda boda riders, ...

Food security is one of the major issues affecting livelihoods of Ugandans in terms of nutrition and cost of production in this COVID-19 era. The most appropriate ways of counterattacking food insecurity is through the ...

Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop grown globally and it is of major economic importance. Banana is the fourth most important crop of the food market after rice, wheat, and maize (Gebre et al., 2020). Banana has become a major ...

The false codling moth (FCM) is a key quarantine pest in Africa. Agricultural exports infested by the pest are unacceptable in the international markets, causing losses of millions of US dollars in foreign exchange earnings. ...

Soybean is the world’s most important vegetable oil crop with approximately 20% oil content and 40% protein. Soybean yields in Uganda have remained low over the years despite the increasing area under soybean production. ...

Cassava production is being challenged by prevalence of severe cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). Although conventional breeding has been used to introduce genes of resistance into cassava, only tolerant varieties ...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L) is the most cultivated horticultural crop in Uganda whose production is extending to peri-urban areas. However, its production is constrained by several biotic factors notably pests and ...

MAKSOY varieties are the most widely grown soybean varieties in Uganda. Several studies have been carried out to determine their performance in pure stands. However, little is known about their response to maize-soybean ...