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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 ...
The economic role of women in sustainable fishing on the shores of Lake Victoria: a case study of Kasenyi Landing Site, Entebbe, Wakiso District
(2009-07)
Kasenyi fishing community is one of the major fishing communities in Uganda. Because of the prevailing economic situation in Uganda, many of these fishing communities face numerous problems, such as inadequacy of fish ...
Case study - Property rights: access to land and forest resources in Uganda
(Oxford University Press, 2001)
Property rights influence the incentives and the behavior of individuals within a community with respect to rules that each and every person must observe in his/her interactions with other people (Hallowell 1943; Bromley ...
Carbon sequestration potential and community livelihood benefits of selected on-farm indigenous tree species in Bitereko Sub-County, Bushenyi District
(Makerere University, 2009-07)
Assessment of community preferences and uses of selected on-farm indigenous tree species for carbon sequestration was carried out in Bitereko Sub-county Bushenyi, district between the months of January and March 2008. The ...
The impact of refugees resource use on forest and agricultural land: A case study of Itula Sub County, Moyo District, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University., 2009-09)
Moyo district is a small sparsely populated area in the West Nile region that has been hit by an influx of refugees escaping a two-decade war between the Government of Sudan and the rebel group Sudan Peoples’ Liberation ...
Land use and environmental degradation in fragile ecosystems: A case study of rangelands in Nakasongola District
(Makerere University, 2009-11)
This study has examined the major land uses practices in Nakasongola district and documented key indicators of land degradation. The study focuses on a sample of 134 respondents drawn from two sub counties of Kakoge and ...
An assessment of selected wetland plant materials' potential for periphyton production in finger ponds in Uganda
(Makerere University., 2009-10)
The use of periphyton in seasonal wetland fish ponds (Fingerponds) was considered in this study, in lieu of the observation that South East countries such as Bangladesh and India are successfully practicing traditional ...
LAND-USE AND COVER CHANGES (1988–2002) AROUND BUDONGO FOREST RESERVE, NW UGANDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOREST AND WOODLAND SUSTAINABILITY
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-05)
Land-use and cover changes around Budongo Forest Reserve (BFR) were analysed from multi-temporal LandSat images (1988 and 2002) and associated field-based studies in 2003–2004. Three major land-use and cover classes: ...
Biodiversity monitoring in Eastern Africa
(Blackwell Publishing, 2008)
The diversity and relative abundance of fish species in Sezibwa Riverine Wetland, Kayunga District, Uganda
(2009-06)
This study investigated the diversity and relative abundance of fish in Sezibwa wetland September 2005 and February 2006 in Kayunga District, Uganda. The main objective was to assess the diversity and relative abundance ...