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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 2023 at Fairway Hotel, Kampala. The NutriFish Project team led by Dr Jackson Efitre (3rd Left) after receiving the Award Organized by the Sustainable Fisheries Initiative (SFI), the Sustainable Fisheries and...Read More

*****The Project led by Assoc. Prof. David Katamba from Makerere University Business School (MUBS) aims to address quality assurance problems/gaps encountered by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during masters’ research processes. The project team has developedan E-Supervision Web Portal (https://mastersresearch.ug/) to track Masters Research supervision processes. It is funded by the EU under Erasmus projects for the period 2023-2026.   Dr John Mary Kiberu presenting an overview of the project during the stakeholders’...Read More

The Department of Zoology, Entomology, and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, was awarded a contract under the European Union-funded project: Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture (PESCA) for the provision of training services. The overall objective of the assignment is to support training that will improve knowledge, skills, and practices that enhance aquaculture production and productivity in Uganda. This will be achieved through the following specific objectives: i)...Read More

Spermacoce princeae (K. Schum) has been used in the treatment of bacterial skin infections in Uganda. Pharmacological studies revealed that extracts of S. princeae exhibited antibacterial, antioxidant, and sun protection potential. This study aimed at isolating and identifying pure compounds from the extracts based on comprehensive analytical characterization by multiple analytical techniques. Please click here to access the publicationRead More

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 industry of East and Central Africa (ECA) worth US$4.3Bn, which is about 6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of ECA, enough to destabilize livelihoods of about 100 million people....Read More