Community Development in the Rural Areas through Traditional Indigenous Knowledge by Godfrey, Barigye, Siraje, Kaaya

“…This progressive change is synonymous with sustainable development designed to improve the economic and social means that the total stock of environment (resources) be put into use in socio-economic and other related aspects to satisfy human needs.…”
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Taxation and Profitability of Small-Scale Business: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Kyoshabire, Patience

“…Nyakinama sub-county appears to have existing small-scale businesses that bear an incremental tax burden because as tax rates are revised annually, these rates seem to be rising from 50% to 75%. This means that the collection of taxes by Uganda Revenue Authority Tax collection in Nyakinama sub-county has become a burden to small-scale businesses as they seem to be taking an upward trend which has led to the winding up of some small-scale businesses. …”
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Depiction of Religion and Colonialism in the Novel Houseboy By Ferdinand Oyono. by Ainembabazi, Desire

“…Document analysis, a form of qualitative research, involves interpreting documents to provide them with voice and meaning around the study's topics. The findings revealed that religion is a central theme in "Houseboy," significantly influencing both colonial administrators and indigenous people. …”
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The Contributions of Pineapple Growing on Farmers Welfare. by Juliet, Ninsiima

“…It was also concluded that pineapple farmers face many challenges for example; low technology, low market, financial constraint, pest and diseases and poor means of transport in form of roads. The findings of the study recommended that land fragment should be solved by carrying out land consolidation, farmers should be provided with new pineapple varieties and there should be improvement of road connecting to rural areas and urban areas.…”
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Characterization of Soil Properties and the Implications for Landslide Occurrence in Rubanda District. by Ainamaani, Samuel

“…A mudflow washed away Mfasha trading Centre, which hosts people mostly from Bufundi and Muko sub counties. In order to test the hypothesis that ‘soils at the landslide site are particularly ‘problem soils’ and thus prone to landslides’, the following analyses were undertaken: Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCP), particle size distribution and Atterberg limits. …”
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The Effect of Exfoliated Vermiculite on the Drying Shrinkage of Cement-Sand Mortar. by Akello, Lydia

“…Whereas there are already existing conventional admixtures used to prevent plaster cracking, and rectify cracks after walls have been plastered, this research was aimed at using Exfoliated Vermiculite as a new admixture in plaster with less draw backs and more adhesiveness to the wall. It was so much evident through the tests that drying shrinkage of normal plaster reduced by 50% at 4% optimum of Exfoliated Vermiculite. …”
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Weeds Predominant in Potato Fields: A Case of Southern Division, Kabale Municipality, Kabale District, South Western Uganda. by Akankwasa, Lowland

“…This study concluded that broad-leaved weeds are the dominant weed types in potato fields in the Southern Divi-sion of Kabale Municipality.…”
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Greening Business through Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Godfrey, Barigye, Siraje, Kaaya

“…To increase sanitation coverage the policy can build upon scalable sanitary achievements. The key challenge is therefore to combine sensitization with targeted support for infrastructure development in order to bring sanitation coverage to scale and agro-forestry as an ecosystem.…”
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Developed and Developing Countries by Enos, Mirembe Masereka, Clement, Munguiko, Alex, Tumusiime, Linda Grace, Alanyo

“…This accounts for the current trends in malnutrition in children under−5 years of age, adolescents, and the youth, and leads to intergenera- tion malnutrition. In this chapter we have included sections on appropriate infant feeding; including how to initiate breastfeeding in the first hour of birth, how to exclusively breastfeed infants until 6 months of age, how to complement breastfeed- ing after 6 months of infant’s age as well as continuing to breastfeed until 24 months of age and even beyond. …”
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Effect of Student’s Involvement in Fees Policy Implementation on Learner’s Stability in Public Universities in Uganda: The Case of Makerere University. by Oketch, Chrisostom, Tazwaire, Doreen

“…The study recommends that individual student awareness and empowerment to participate in fees policy implementation is important and must be cultivated by university management and the need for capacity building on the part of student leaders to boost their representation skills. …”
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Design of a SMS Based Voting System. by Owembabazi Justus

“…It is this background of study that has motivated the design of an Electronic voting system based voting using a GSM module, which is much reliable and cheaper hence saving a lot of resources. …”
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Is Aquaculture a Success? Evidence from Africa by Okoth, Sharon, Hounsounou, Hilda R.B., Turyasingura, Benson, Moenga, Kelvin O., Mwalughali, Thoko B. S., Lubembi, Sharon Indasi

“…Feeding and nutrition issues, hunger eradication have become a problem with the continuing growth of the population, which in turn is putting a lot of pressure on available resources like capturing fisheries from the lakes, oceans, and rivers, leaving them void. …”
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Management of Active Records in Referral Hospitals: A Case Study of Kisoro Hospital. by Hashakimana, Obed

“…Finally, it is premature for any, except the most sophisticated depositaries with highly trained personnel to consider digitization. While much has been learned by several project impacts, too little is known about archiving cost transferability of data and other factors to make it a practicable option for the ordinary repository (Parish Paud: 1990)…”
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The Role of Parents in Uplifting Girl-Child Education in Karambi Sub- County Kasese District. by Ndungo, Erisa

“…Analysis of quantitative data was done using statistical analysis techniques such as frequencies, means, and percentages. Analysis of qualitative data was done using content analysis. …”
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Effect of Supervision on Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case Study of Shuuku Savings Cooperative SACCO in Sheema District. by Ayesiime, Peninah

“…It further recommends that Supervision must be more of ideas sharing and participatory than conventional or control oriented in order to improve on performance.…”
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Numerical Investigation on the Effects of Embedding PVC Pipes in Reinforced Concrete Beams. by Ampaire, Comboni

“…After the analysis was turned in, the results were compared to those of a solid beam, including stresses, strains, the load-deflection ductility index, and crack patterns. …”
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Community management and Sustainability of Gravity Water flow Schemes in Rubanda District, Uganda by David, Otika

“…The study concluded that rural water facilities can easily be sustained if there is a sense of gender quality , participation and communities have people to turn to for help in case of major repairs and maintenance, though government does not have adequate standby staff to provide such services. …”
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Gorilla habituation and the role of animal agency in conservation and tourism development at Bwindi, South Western Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza, Clemens, Driessen

“…Ethnographic observations, unstructured interviews and document study indicate that gorillas are ‘multiple’ and thus need to be understood beyond their species membership alone. They are involved in intricate relations with each other, with other non-human and human subjects, and their shared environment. …”
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The Impact of Advertising and Sales Performance in Mukwano Industry Kampala Branch. by Atamba, Peter

“…The study aimed at assessing the effect of advertising on sales performance of an organization, a case study being Mukwano industry in kampala. The study was mainly looking at advertising and sales of Mukwano industry and this was effective to the organisation. …”
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Design of a Combined Solar Powered Pasture Chopping and Conveying Machine. by Kanyamumba Liberty

“…In addition to these, animal health management is assured through provision of good quality nutritious feeds, clean water, comfortable environment and reliable veterinary services which are essential for increased animal productivity due to reduced animal morbidity and mortality. [2] Since animals are confined in one place, it means that one has to prepare pasture for the livestock and feed them from where they are confined from. …”
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