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By Hasifa Kabejja & Dr. Robinson Odong Overview The fisheries sub-sector in Uganda is crucial, supporting over 5 million livelihoods and providing essential protein for up to 17 million people, with an average consumption of 10 kg per capita. Uganda’s population is projected to double in the next 27 years, prompting the National Development Plan […]

Makerere University, through the Department of Environmental Management, and the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Climatic Sciences, and in collaboration with the universities, Aarhus University and University of Copenhagen of Denmark, is implementing a DANIDA funded project ‘Agroforestry for People, Ecosystems and Climate (AfPEC) (2024 – 2029), (https://afpec.info/about-afpec/). AfPEC aims to document the potential of […]

Charles Ssemugabo – Cohort 9, Makerere University Thesis: Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Exposure and Health Risks Among Consumers from Farm to Fork in Kampala Metropolitan Area in Uganda. James Muleme – Cohort 10, Makerere University Thesis: Reservoirs, Transmission, and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface […]

Overview While Africa has potential to grow diversity of food, the continent suffers high levels of under-nutrition, nutritional deficiencies, food poisoning and has in recent decades also registered marked rise in prevalence of over-nutrition and associated non-communicable diseases. Over 20% of Africa’s population face chronic hunger and approximately 30% of children below five years on […]