Despite provision of ecosystem services to over 80% of Ugandans, which contributes to household income and food security especially for rural communities, to date, wetlands continue to undergo degradation. This‟s attributed ...

Uganda has lost sixty (60%) of its forest cover (72,000 hactres) mainly due to charcoal burning and firewood exploitation. This loss negatively affects rainfall patterns, animal and plant habitats threating biodiversity/wild ...

The determination of optimal fleet is key activity in mining operation as loading and haulage account to more than 60% of total operation cost. One of the major costs in mine is related to the purchase and application ...

Rain water harvesting (RWH) is an excellent technique of water conservation for future needs and also to recharge groundwater. Surface water and municipal water has often been used in Aquaponics systems but due to ...

This study focused on intermittent water supply, where customers receive water for less than 24 hours a day or only a few says a week commonly caused by the errors in the design process such as over-sizing or under-sizing ...

In Uganda, Umeme Ltd its responsible for the billing and supply of electric power. Previously a postpaid metering system was used but there was a challenge when it came to recording of the readings because most premises ...

Solid waste management is increasingly becoming a great concern to most urban centers of most developing world. The uncollected waste poses significant threats to environmental sustainability, human health and socioeconomic ...

This research aimed at assessing the impacts of land use land cover and climate changes on the cost of water treatment in river Malaba catchment. The MOLUSCE plugin (version 2.18.16) in QGIS Desktop software was used to ...

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) contribution to the Gross Domestic Product lies in the range of 1.8% to 2.6% estimated to be between 750 billion to 1.08 trillion Ugandan Shillings. In this study, common fish handling ...

Millet is a vital crop for small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, providing food security and income for millions of people. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) advises Ugandans to grow millets on a large scale ...