Category Research

Project Launch: “Strengthening Makerere University’s Research, Grant Writing and Publication Capacity” – 21st March 2023

In 2022, Makerere University received a grant from the US State Department to implement a project titled: “Towards a Research-led University: Strengthening Makerere University’s Research, Grant Writing and Publication Capacity”. Makerere University is implementing the project in collaboration with Michigan State…

Xanthomonas Wilt Disease That Nearly Wiped Out East and Central Africa’s Banana Industry is Now Controllable – Ugandan Scientists Reveal

A new study shows how attempting to control banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) in Uganda, initially in the early 2000’s without requisite basic scientific information only escalated its spread to regional epidemic levels. Consequently, the negative impact of the disease eliminated the banana…

NutriFish wins Fisheries Innovations Award 2023

The NutriFish Project under the Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University was announced winner of the Fisheries Innovations Award 2023 at the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Awards (SFA) ceremony held on 30th June…