Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is an important source of nutrients and income for smallholder farmers in East Africa. Mungbean production in countries like Uganda largely depends on landraces, in the absence of ...

Soybean has become one of the dominant crops in Ugandan farming systems; however, the contribution of its residues to improve soil and crop productivity is less known. To investigate the role of soybean residues to enhance ...

Rice blast disease remains the most important contributor to low and stagnated rice yields in Uganda. However, the role of the smallholder farming system in shaping the prevalence of the disease in the country is not ...

A participatory cowpea varietal selection was carried out in Eastern Uganda in Kumi district among farmers (n=30) in the sub-Counties of: Ongino, Kumi and Kanyum. A range of opinions were collected to identify farmers’ ...

Smallholder farmers encounter crop losses consequent to floods in eastern Uganda. It is envisaged that with increasing climate variability, flooding effects on smallholder crop production will increase. Yet, information ...

Genotype-by-environment interaction analysis is vital for cultivar release, and to identify suitable crop production sites. The current study aimed to determine sorghum grain yield stability and adaptability and to identify ...

Finger millet yields in farmers’ fields are low primarily due to low soil fertility and poor weed management. Fertilizer application could be one of the key strategies used to address the problem. However, due to high cost ...

Botanical pesticides exist within nearly all vector disease endemic communities of the world. Natural/' botanical tick control methods offer several advantages over synthetic tick control including environmental preservation ...

Background: Information as regards the epidemiology of the Anaplasmataceae in small ruminants in several lowland middle-income countries is scarce. Methods: In this study a total of 712 DNA samples collected from small ...

The American yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) is a legume crop that is exclusively used for its storage roots. The seeds are inedible due to presence of toxic rotenone. It produces high storage root yields comparable of major ...