School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS): Recent submissions
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Genetic improvement of nutritional traits and yield of tropical soybean in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-28)Soybean constitutes about 40% protein, 20% oil; a highly nutritious legume that has enormous potential to improve dietary quality for people throughout the world. To understand the genetic diversity and population structure ... -
Farmers' perceptions and willingness to adopt maize-based intercropping in Kapchorwa district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-26)Intercropping is a long-standing crop practice that forms part of smallholder cropping systems in Uganda. Despite knowing some intercrops, farmers in Kapchorwa still widely practice maize monocropping. To popularize ... -
Influence of network governance on innovation behavior of actors in Kiboga-Kyankwanzi innovation platform in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-23)A number of studies on Innovation Platforms (IPs) have addressed their formation and contribution to innovations. Very few studies if any have attempted to investigate the internal governance dynamics as antecedents for ... -
Molybdenum-Rhizobia-Phosphorus Management for Amelioration of Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Common Bean on a Ferralsol
(Makerere University, 2022-04-26)Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is among the primary food security crops in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), whose production almost exclusively depends on natural Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) as the source of nitrogen. ... -
Male fertility and zygotic embryo germination in bananas
(Makerere University, 2022-04)Crop improvement through crossbreeding relies on the generation of new hybrids from seeds. Therefore, seed set and seed germination are key determining factors for a successful breeding program. In banana breeding, both ... -
Physiological effects of silicon and potassium on drought stressed East African highland bananas (Musa spp., AAA-EAHB cv. Mbwazirume)
(Makerere university, 2022-03)Drought is among the major constraints to banana production in Uganda. Drought has several adverse effects on physiological processes of bananas including photosynthesis. Plant nutrition with potassium (K) and silicon (Si) ... -
Trade-offs and economic impacts of replacing Tobacco with alternative crops in smallholder cropping systems in Hoima District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)Tobacco has been among Uganda’s export crops contributing an average of 3.52% to national formal traditional export earnings and a key source of income for rural households in tobacco producing areas. By 2020 however, less ... -
Varietal choice and adoption of cassava varieties under farmer elicitation and DNA fingerprinting methods : a case of Malawi
(Makerere University, 2022)Most studies on adoption and impact of crop technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa and in particular Malawi, have relied on farmer elicitation, crop experts or morphological descriptors for varietal identification and estimation ... -
Drivers of innovation in agro-based and non-agrobased small and medium enterprises in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020)Sustainable contribution of SMEs to economic development in Uganda is hampered by their low rate of survival. Innovation is generally seen as one of the most important drivers of SME growth. Thus understanding innovative ... -
Evaluation of Agronomic Practices to Improve Mungbean yield in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03-31)Mungbean is among the most important pulse crops of the world. The crop has growing demand both in Uganda and East African markets. However, mungbean yields in Uganda are still low (0.3 t ha-1) when compared to the yield ... -
Enhancing finger millet productivity through nitrogen fertilizer management in Buyende District
(Makerere University, 2022)Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is the third most important dry land cereal grown in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Also, the crop is one of the major food security crops for billions of the world’s ... -
Socio-technological factors influencing smallholder farmers' adaptation of agroforestry technologies in the eastern highlands of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03-10)Agroforestry has been identified as the most sustainable remedy to counter declining farm productivity, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on this, state and non-state actors have promoted several agroforestry ... -
Biosand water filter: Effects of sand size and sand column height on filtered water quality
(Makerere University, 2022-03)The study investigated the performance of locally assembled Biosand Water Filters (BSFs) with varied sand sizes and sand column heights. The main objective of the study was to contribute to water quality improvement through ... -
Comparative analysis of Genotypic Diversity among Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum strains
(Makerere University, 2019-09)Banana bacterial wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum has caused a significant decline in livelihoods dependent on the banana/Musa enterprise in the great lakes region of Eastern Africa. First-line control ... -
Effect of growth substrates and processing methods on the safety of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illuscens) and blue calliphora fly (Calliphora vomitoria) meal as livestock feed
(Makerere University, 2022-02-28)Safety concerns over potential spillage of microbial and chemical contaminants from organic wastes (OW) through insect meal into animal feeds and animal products could be a threat to animals and humans as primary and ... -
Potential effect of incentives for scaling up adoption of soil and water conservation practices in the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi river basin of Uganda and Kenya
(Makerere University, 2022-03)The high rate of land degradation and the resulting challenges of widespread decline in soil fertility and agricultural productivity are a current pertinent concern globally. Adoption rates of soil and water conservation ... -
Psychosocial factors in rural smallholder farmers’ decisions to accept orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03-02)With vitamin A deficiency enduring as a major public health concern in many developing countries, orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) continues to be promoted as a food-based alleviation strategy for the deficiency. It is ... -
Abundance and diversity of tomato rhizosphere microbes in different land uses and their effect on bacterial wilt disease in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04-26)Agricultural production is associated with changes in microbial diversity. This often leads to microbial unevenness and multiplication of soil borne diseases such as wilts, which are tedious to control and trend managed ... -
Spatio-temporal dynamics of forest cover and its impact on streamflow in River Muzizi Catchment, Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12-21)Despite the linkage between forests and river water flow, the relationship between the two does not make unanimity. This is partly because their interaction is dependent on multiple factors, including but not limited to ... -
Distribution and characterization of fusarium species causing common bean root rot in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-01)Fusarium root rot of common bean is an economically important disease in Central America, South America and Africa. Yield losses due to Fusarium root rot of common beans can reach up to 86%. A disease survey was conducted ...