Browsing School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (SFEGS) Collections by Subject "Sub-Saharan Africa"
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A comparative study of current perceptions, attitudes, awareness and practices on the use of indoor residual spraying for control of malaria in a rural and urban community in Kabale District.
(Makerere University, 2014)Regardless of many initiatives taken by government and international organizations such to reduce and completely whip out malaria, still malaria kills over 1.0 million people each year in Sub Saharan Africa. This could be ... -
Efforts by small-scale farmers to maintain soil fertility and their impacts on soil properties, Luwero District, Uganda
(The Haworth Press, 2006)Low soil fertility remains a major reason for rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. In light of the need to set priorities and formulate development policies, this study investigates efforts by farmers in central Uganda to ... -
Ethno-nomenclature of the Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) and its products in the Shea zones of Uganda
(2012-10)A cross sectional survey was conducted in north-eastern Shea zones of Uganda to assess ethnonomenclature of the Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.) and products. The largely qualitative study that involved a total ... -
Women’s access rights to resources: a case of indigenous fruit trees in Fissebu Region, Liberia.
(Makerere University, 2012-05)About 80% of food production in Sub-Saharan Africa is carried out by women, who own less than 20% of the region’s land. Also, women rights to land and land-based resources are tied up in the state of tenure insecurity. ...