MANUALS AND LEAFLETS · NaCRRI · 2018Agronomy
Upland Rice Seed Selection Guide
NARO
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NARL · 2016Biotechnology
Molecular and Biochemical Characterisation of Transgenic Banana Lines Containing Iron Uptake and Storage Enhancing Genes
Moses Matovu
Overthree billion people in developing countries face iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) (WHO,
2000). Further, nutritional deficiencies like iron (Fe24), zinc (Zn2+) and vitamin A account for
almost two-thirds of the child mortality worldwide…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaFIRRI · 2016Aquaculture and Nutrition
Use of Rotifer (Brachionus calyciflorus) as an Alternative Starter Live Feed to Artemia in the Feeding of African
Abaho Ivan
Imported Artemia cysts (the Brine Shrimp) arc currently the readily available live starter feed to
locally grown rotifers (Brachionus calyciflorus) as an alternative starter live feed to Artemia in
the feeding of African catfish (Clarias…
MANUALS AND LEAFLETS · 2015Plant breeding
Seed Maintenance
NARO, NAADS, MAAIF, JICA
The Government of Uganda, through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has
been implementing agricultural sector development and strategy investment plan that prioritized rice as
important strategic crop to ad…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NAROSEC · 2014Agricultural Economics
Deterninants of Participation of Small Holder Farmers in Marketing of Grain Amaranth: A Case of Kamuli District, Uganda
Namazzi Stella
As a vegetable crop, grain amaranth plays an important role in improving household
nutritional and economic status. Grain amaranth is still a new crop in Uganda’s
farming system, after being introduced by VEDCO in 2005 to curb malnutri…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaSARRI · 2014Plant breeding
Genetic Analysis and Improvement of Pearl Millet for Rust Resistance and Grain Yield in Uganda
Geofrey Lubadde
Pearl millet is a sustainable food security crop for people living in areas with extreme drought
and heat conditions. Like in many countries where it is grown, in Uganda the crop grows in
semi-arid zones characterised by low average annu…
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS · BugiZARDI · 2014Agricultural Extension
Progress Report on MSP Establishment Workshop Proceedings in Doho
BugiZARDI
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NAROSEC · 2013Bioeconomics
Techno-Economic Viability of Husk Powered Systems Application in Uganda
Yonah Turinayo Karibwije
Approximately 90% of Uganda’s population lives without access to electricity. The rural
households with no access to electricity incur high prices for imported kerosene and diesel. They
are vulnerable to indoor air pollution due to use o…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaFIRRI · 2011Fish Biology
Aspects of the Biology and Ecology of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus Linne, under Pond Conditions
Monic Nsega
Despite its introduction in the 1950s, Nile tilapia (Qreochromis niloticus) farming in
Uganda is still mostly at subsistence level. Three private fish farms (A, B, C) stocked
with mixed sex tilapia were studied between January 2009 and…
JOURNAL ARTICLES · NARL · 2011Food Markets
Rice Preferences among the Ugandan Consumers
Masette Margaret, Khakasa Elizabeth, Candia Alphonse, Okurut Samuel and Wamala Isa
Rice is the seed of the monocot plant Oryza saliva. As a cereal grain, it is the most important
staple food for a large part of the world's human population which includes South East Asia, the
Middle East, Latin America, and the West I…