Department of Animal Production and Range Management

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This department focuses on teaching, research and outreach to improve production of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, honey bees and fish. Its focus includes animal nutrition, improvement and management. Other aspects include processing and marketing of animal products. The Department hosts the MSc in Animal Production and Marketing Programme.

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Assoc. Prof. Ndyomugyenyi Elly Kurobuza

Associate Professor 		PhD (GU), MSc. Animal Science (Mak), BSc. Zoology/Animal Science (Mak), Dip. Pig Husbandry ( Plant.Dier, Barneveld College), Dip. Animal Feeds (Plant.Dier, Barneveld College) View Profile

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Ogwal, A., Okello, D. M., Aliro, T., Owiny, D. O. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2025). . (2025) . Prevalence of Bovine Fasciolosis, Financial Losses and Risk Factors Associated with the Disease in Lira and Gulu Districts, Northern Uganda . Veterinary Medicine International, p. 10
Kasima, J. S., Mugonola, B., Menya, E., Ndaula, S. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2025). . (2025) . Black soldier flies as a latent driver to attaining selected SDGs in a developing country context- the case of Uganda . An international journal of environmental health and sustainability, 11(1)
Kasima, J. S., Ndyomugyenyi, E. and Mugonola, B. (2025) . (2025) . Can Black soldier fly production contribute to sustainable circularisation of organic wastes in Uganda? . ESS Open Archive
Okello, D. M., Odongo, W., Aliro, T., Owiny, D. O. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2025). . (2025) . Innovation and market orientation in smallholder pig production: the roles for access to veterinary services and use of purchased feeds . Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies (2025), [online] Volume . Available at: https://www.emerald.com/jadee/article-abstract/doi/10.1108/JADEE-03-2024-0097/1251545/Innovation-and-market-orientation-in-smallholder?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Adewale, C. I., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. and Mugonola, B. (2025). . (2025) . Drivers and barriers to the choice of production systems among smallholder pig farmers: Evidence from Northern Uganda . Heliyon, 11(1), pp. e41554
Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. and Kasima, J. S. (2025). . (2025) . Indigenous Microorganisms as an alternative Odour-reduction approach in Pig Production systems: A review. Science and Development . Science and Development, 9(1), pp. 13-26
Nansikombi N., Sauki G., Ssenku J.E., and Walusansa A., 2025 . (2025) . Nutritional and Sensorial Quality of Smoked Oldeania alpine and Vigna radiata Composite Flour in Uganda . International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS), 14(1)
. (2024) . Current status and potential opportunities for Uganda’s pig sub-sector: A review . Science and Development, [online] Volume 9(1), pp. 111-129. Available at: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsdugs/article/view/284794
Kasima, J. S., Mugonola, B., Muyinza, H., Kizza‐Nkambwe, S., Beyihayo, G. A., Kidega, K., Nokrach, J., Mpewo, M., Kisaame, M. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2024) . (2024) . Indigenous Technical Knowledge and Its Potential Application to Uganda’s Pig Sub-Sector . Modern Agriculture, 2(2), pp. e70003
Namuenge C., Ssenku J.E., Okurut S.A., Kudamba A., Nansikombi N., Kafeero H.M., and Walusansa A., 2024 . (2024) . Enablers and consequences of landslide outbreaks in Bududa district, Eastern Uganda. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change . International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 14(9), pp. 200-216
. (2024) . Drivers and Challenges in Pig Production Systems in Northern Uganda: Analysing Farmers’ Choices and Confronting Issues. Selected paper for presentation at the 2024 Agricultural and Applied Economic Association Annual Meeting
Adewale, C. I., Munezero, E., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. and Mugonola, B. (2024) . (2024) . Determinants of technical efficiency of pig production systems in northern Uganda: a Stochastic Frontier approach . Business & Economics, 4(83), pp. 1-21
AJOL . (2024) . Antimicrobial activity of selected nutraceutical plants used in Northern Uganda . African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, 25(1)
Adewale, C. I., Munezero, E., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. and Mugonola, B. (2024) . (2024) . Comparative Analysis of Profitability Drivers of Pig Production Systems in Northern Uganda . Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 39(2), pp. 370-380
. (2024) . Enhancing pig production and marketing for smallholder farmers in northern Uganda , p. 14
Kasima, J. S., Muyinza, H., Mugonola, B. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2023) . (2023) . The potential role of crop wastes in Uganda’s future pork and poultry meat production: A mini review . Food & Agriculture, 9(2)
Ikinyom, N., Lamwaka, A. V., Malagala, A. T. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2023) . (2023) . Ethnobotanical study of nutraceutical plants used to manage opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda . Tropical Medicine and Health, pp. 1-25
Akiiki Beyihayo, G. A., Kugonza, R. D., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K., Echodu, R., Marion W. Okot, M. W. and Dos Anjos, F. (2023) . (2023) . Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates for selection within Ugandan indigenous chickens . Tropical Animal Health and Production, 55(100)
Akiiki Beyihayo, G. A., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K., Echodu, R. and Kugonza, D. (2022) . (2022) . In-situ morphological characterization of indigenous chicken Ecotypes in Uganda
Mugonya, J., Kalule, S. W. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2021) . (2021) . Effect of market information quality, sharing and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of smallholder pig producers . Cogent Food and Agriculture, 7(1)

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