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Why Sustainable Management of Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana in East and Central Africa Has Been Elusive
(Research gate, 2013-04)Banana is an important food and cash crop and constitutes a large proportion of the total crop production in East and Central African (ECA) countries. Banana production has been threatened by Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease ... -
Risk of banana Xanthomonas wilt spread through trade
(JCP, 2013-09-12)Banana Xanthomonas wilt is a systemic disease of banana plants. We investigated the risk of spreading Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm) through asymptomatic mature bunches. Samples of banana fingers and rachis ... -
Technical Efficiency of Farming Households in Uganda: Evidence from the national Panel Survey Data, 2005-2010
(2014)We investigate performance of the agricultural sector in Uganda and whether it has varied by the 4 major regions in Uganda using agricultural technical efficiency as a proxy for performance on a nationally representative ... -
Acute and Sub-Acute Toxicity of Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Rumex abyssinica Jacq. (Polygonaceae) and Mentha spicata L. (Lamiaceae)
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2014-03-20)Rumex abyssinica Jacq. (Polygonaceae) is locally used in management of allergies and female reproductive healthcare; whereas Mentha spicata L. (Lamiaceae) is used to treat gastrointestinal and respiratory distress, dandruff, ... -
Contemporary land use/land cover types determine soil organic carbon stocks in south-west Rwanda
(Springer, 2014-09-18)Soil organic carbon (SOC) constitutes a large pool within the global carbon cycle. Land use change significantly drives SOC stock variation. In tropical central and eastern Africa, how changes in land use and land cover ... -
The Cycle of Violence: Associations Between Exposure to Violence, Trauma-Related Symptoms and Aggression—Findings from Congolese Refugees in Uganda
(University of Zurich, 2015)War-related trauma exposure has been linked to aggression and enhanced levels of community and family violence, suggesting a cycle of violence. Reactive aggression—an aggressive reaction to a perceived threat—has been ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Peer Review Research Publishing System, 2015-05)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Utilization of Dental Conservation Methods among School Adolescents in Mbarara Municipality – South-Western Uganda.
(Indo-African Journal of Educational Research, 2015-05)Dental conservation methods are those processes that can be utilized to maintain good oral health. They can be instituted at both individual and professional levels like; tooth brushing, amalgam fillings, inlays, among ... -
Adverse impact of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa
(African Journal of Plant Science, 2015-07)Banana is a key crop in the livelihoods of many people in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. For more than a decade now, the crop has been threatened by Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) which has spread ... -
Adverse impact of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa
(2015-07)Banana is a key crop in the livelihoods of many people in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. For more than a decade now, the crop has been threatened by Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) which has spread ... -
A scoping study of the Hydrological Systems for Lake Edward Basin- Bwindi Impenetrable and Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Southwestern Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2015-08)This study was commissioned, funded and supervised by the Executive Secretariate of the Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC), with the financial support generously provided by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Kigali, ... -
Socio-economic predictors of dependence on Non-timber forest products: lessons from Mabira Central Forest Reserve Communities
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2015-11)Resource user surveys were conducted in 14 villages of Mabira central forest reserve. The study was intended to assess factors that encourage dependency on non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Understanding NTFP dependence ... -
Effect of land use change and slope position on soil organic carbon in Kitabi Watershed Rwanda
(Kitabi College of Conservation and Environmental Management (KCCEM) C/O Rwanda Development Board (RDB), 2015-11-09)Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely used as a proxy for soil health and soil fertility. Land use change(LUC) has been implicated as one of the factors leading to the loss of SOC and increased release of green house gases ... -
ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF CymbopogoncitratusStapf. IN MICE
(International Journal of Advanced Information Science and Technology, 2016-02)The purpose of this study was to assess the acute oral toxicity profile of the essential oils of lemon grass that is used as a natural food and medicinal flavor.The oil was obtained by steam distillation of 4.6 kg of fresh ... -
THE GROWTH, REPRODUCTION AND SURVIVAL OF BIOMPHALARIA SPECIES IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY CONDITIONS AT LAKE ALBERT IN WESTERN UGANDA
(Francis Kazibwe andEdward Ssemakula, 2016-05)Bilharzia or Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection of man and is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. The parasite is transmitted through specific aquatic intermediate hosts in various freshwater habitats. ... -
An ethnobotanical documentation of medicinal plants used by local communities around Kibale National Park, A case of Kanyawara, Kanyansowera and Ibura Villages
(Bishop Stuart University, 2016-05)Currently there is rapid loss of traditional knowledge and practices due to their dependency on oral transformation, impacts of modern cultural transformation, and rapid land degradation. Ethno botanical documentation of ... -
The Growth,Reproduction and Survival of Biomphalaria Species in the Field and Laboratory Conditions at Lake Albert in Western Uganda
(International Journal of Development Research, 2016-05)Bilharzia or Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection of man and is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. The parasite is transmitted through specific aquatic intermediate hosts in arious freshwater habitats. ... -
Profiling lifetime episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding among patients from rural Sub-Saharan Africa where schistosoma mansoni is endemic
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-08-03)Introduction: Severe chronic hepatic schistosomiasis is a common cause of episodes upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is paucity of data on clinical epidemiology of episodes ... -
Non-Timber Forest Products Trade and Community Livelihoods around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Macrothink institute, 2016-09-11)This paper generates data on the diversity and value of non- timber forest products (NTFP) traded in markets adjacent to Mabira Central forest reserve. The objective of the study was to evaluate the contribution of NTFP ... -
Adoption of Soil Conservation through Collective Actions in Southwestern Uganda
(2017)In developing countries, access to and use of renewable natural resources are essential for rural livelihoods to thrive. Hence, cooperation in the management of natural resources is increasingly an important strategy that ...