Department of Rural Development and Agribusiness

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The department is mandated to conduct teaching, research, and outreach in areas related to the rural economy, farm management, agricultural marketing and cooperatives, agricultural policy, agribusiness, and agricultural extension. It hosts the Bachelor of Science in Agri-Entrepreneurship and Communication Management, and MSc in Agro-Enterprises Development programmes.

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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
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
. (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
. (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
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
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)
Atube, Francis; Malinga, Geoffrey M; Nyeko, Martine; Okello, Daniel M; Mugonola, Basil; Omony, George William; Okello-Uma, Ipolto(2022) . (2022) . Farmers’ perceptions of climate change, long-term variability and trends in rainfall in Apac district, northern Uganda . CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 3
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)
Okello, D. M., Odongo, W., Aliro, T. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2021) . (2021) . An assessment of pig feed diversity amongst smallholder pig farmers in Northern Uganda . Cogent Food and Agriculture, 7(1)
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Simon Peter Alarakol and Ipolto Okello‑Uma (2021) . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Agriculture & Food Security, 10, p. 6
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Simon Peter Alarakol and Ipolto Okello‑Uma; Agriculture & Food Security. (2021) . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Agriculture & Food Security, 10(6)
Kidega, K., Aliro, T., Mugonola, B., Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. and Okello-Uma, I. (2021) . (2021) . Effect of Different Floor Types on Growth Performance of Pigs and Carcass Back-Fat Thickness . London Journal of Research in Science, [online] Volume 21(2). Available at: https://journalspress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Effect-of-Different-Floor-Types-on-Growth-Performance-of-Pigs-and-Carcass-back-Fat-Thickness.pdf
Kasima, J. S. Mugonola, B. Aliro, T. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2021) . (2021) . Effect of substituting a commercial grower diet with fermented sweet potato vine-cassava tuber-based diet on the performance of growing pigs . African Journal of Rural Development , 6(2), pp. 44-52
Kasima, J. S., Mugonola, B. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2021) . (2021) . Pig Production in Gulu and Omoro Districts of Northern Uganda. . Stechnolock Veterinary Science, 1, pp. 1-9
Okello, D. M., Odongo, W., Aliro, T. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2020) . (2020) . Access to veterinary services and expenditure on pig health management: the case of smallholder pig farmers in Northern Uganda . Tropical Animal Health and Production, 52, pp. 3735–3744
Mugonya, J., Kalule, S. W. and Ndyomugyenyi, E. K. (2020) . (2020) . Utilisation of labour among pig farmers in northern Uganda . African Crop Science Journal, 28(1)
Atube, Francis; Okello, Daniel M; Malinga, Geoffrey M; Nyeko, Martine; Okello-Uma, Ipolto; International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Taylor & Francis, . (2020) . Farmers’ adaptation to climate change and crop yield: a case of Amuru and Apac districts of Northern Uganda . International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability , 20(4), pp. 967-981

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