Today in Uganda some people do rain-water harvesting where by water is kept in surface, above ground or underground tanks to cater for the future use. Uganda has an abundance of surface water resources, which include rivers, ...

The importance attached to agriculture in Uganda is enormous providing livelihood to more than 70% of the population and great contributor to GDR. Over reliance on: rainfall is undermining this importance, irrigation ...

Cabbages belong to the Cruciferae family and are related to turnips, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts. The origin of the cabbage is rather obscure as it is one of the oldest vegetables grown, being well known by the ancient ...

Coffee is an important cash crop contributing 20% of Uganda’s foreign exchange and about 500,000 households depend on coffee production as a major source of income and mainly is grown by smallholders with an estimated ...

This project report comprises of four chapters; Chapter one presents background to worldwide groundnut production and consumption with specific emphasis on Uganda’s progress in groundnut production. The problem considered ...

In Uganda, cocoa has been grown for all the years and farmers have always relied on open sun drying as the main drying method however, this method has proven to ineffective during rainy season since high yields of Cocoa ...

Uganda’s economy is largely agro-based and with the developing technology has to meet the needs of the farmers. Uganda has merged to be a fruit surplus area and tomatoes are among the most important fruits grown annually ...

Sweet potato which is ranked 7th among food crops consumed in the world, is one of the major food crops grown in Teso region. During periods of much production, there is need for the excess to be preserved. This calls for ...

For Agriculture to develop from its current state to a state much more beneficial to the practitioners, new and better innovations have to be explored that may contribute towards enhancement of production. The effect ...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracona) is a cereal crop plant that belongs to the grass family which is grown in many countries of Africa and Asia. The millet is rich in polyphenols and particularly in calcium (Kidoido et ...