The importance of tomato in Uganda in contributing to food security and household income cannot be underrated. However, its production in Uganda is challenged with numerous abiotic and biotic stresses including arthropod ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tomatoes are an important source of income, food security for the farmers and an important horticultural foreign exchange earner in Uganda. Late blight caused Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is a serious disease of ...

According to the Uganda National household survey (2016), agriculture remains the major source of livelihood employing a working population of 65% in agriculture, fishery and forestry (MAAIF). However, majority of the ...

Local Chicken farming is an important enterprise in improving socio-economic conditions and livelihoods of rural households in Uganda. However there is little information on the status contribution of local chicken ...

Banana is a very important crop in the world including East Africa. Bananas are a staple food to 16 million people in Uganda, and 75% of all farmers in Uganda grow bananas. The main objective of the study was to carry out ...

In recent years there has been increased awareness of the advantages of rabbit meat production in developing countries as a means to alleviate world food shortages. This is largely attributable to the rabbit's high rate ...

Uganda produces only 0.35% of total pineapple production for East Africa compared to 80% and over 19% produced in Kenya and Tanzania, respectively. Low productivity is attributed to lack of improved planting materials, ...

This study sought to establish tomato output by youths in Busukuma Sub county, Wakiso District, Uganda. It was guided by the following objectives: To characterize youth tomato growers, establish the output of tomatoes among ...