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Women and youths participation in agroforestry: What counts and what doesn’t around Mount Elgon, Uganda?
(Journal of Mountain Science, 2021-12-15)
The increase in global climate change incidents is a glaring indication that more pragmatic and direct approaches to tree and forest management are urgently needed. A study was conducted around Mount Elgon Uganda between ...
Recent advances in the utilization of insects as an ingredient in aquafeeds:
(Elsevier, 2022-08-08)
The aquafeed industry continues to expand in response to the rapidly growing aquaculture sector. However, the identification of alternative protein sources in aquatic animal diets to replace conventional sources due to ...
Prospects for aquaculture development in Africa :
(Center for Development Research (ZEF), 2022-01)
African aquaculture production has gradually increased over the years, but progress is still slow. Given large variations between African countries with regard to the availability of water, the macro-economic context, ...
Replacement of fishmeal using poultry-based protein sources in feeds for pikeperch (Sander lucioperca, Linnaeus, 1758) during grow out phase
(Springer Nature, 2022-09-05)
A 61-day growth experiment was carried out to evaluate the potential of a poultry-based protein (PBP) comprising of feather meal (FeM) and poultry meat and bone meal (PMBM), as a fishmeal (FM) substitute in diets of juvenile ...
First report of banana bunchy top disease caused by Banana bunchy top virus in Uganda
(Wiley, 2021-11-16)
In August 2020, banana plants with characteristic symptoms of banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) caused by the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) were observed on two different banana (Musa sp.) mats in backyard gardens in Arua ...
Grain hermetic storage adoption in Northern Uganda: awareness, use, and the constraints to technology adoption
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2022-09-15)
Post-harvest storage losses (PHLs) remain significant in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to several factors mainly insect pests and molds. Hermetic storage technologies (HSTs) are being promoted to address these storage losses. ...
From principles to practice:
(Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 2022-09)
When applying the three principles of agroforestry design (farmer-centredness; aptness to place, people and purpose; and synergy), it is important to recognize that each landscape is unique and should therefore have its ...
Investigating the removal efficiency of different textile dye classes from wastewater by electrocoagulation using aluminum electrodes
(Springer Nature, 2023-02-23)
Textile production is one of the largest sectors in the manufacturing industry; however, the textile dyeing process produces a voluminous amount of highly colored wastewater. The dyes used are organic compounds of different ...
Novel chromatographic purification of succinic acid from whey fermentation broth by anionic exchange resins
(Springer Nature, 2022-11-09)
Replacement of the petroleum-based refineries with the biorefinery is regarded as an essential step towards a “zero” waste (circular) economy. Biobased succinic acid (SA) is listed by the United States Department of Energy ...
Conforming to agricultural water reuse criteria: wastewater recovery by electrooxidation integrated with nanofiltration/reverse osmosis
(Springer Nature, 2023-02-21)
In this study, two membrane configurations were investigated for water recovery in order to determine the potential for quality irrigation water production from alkaloid industry wastewater. In the first configuration, ...