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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Kule Enos Katya

Lecturer 		MSc. Agr(MAK), PGDip (UMI), BSc. ALUM(MAK) View Profile

Dr. Akite Irine

Lecturer 		PhD (GU), M.Sc. (Agri-Enterprise Development) (GU), B.Agr (GU) View Profile

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Kule, E. K., Kyohangirwe, A., Midamba, D. C., & Byakatonda, J. (2025) . (2025) . Determinants of adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies among smallholder coffee farmers in Western Uganda . Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1)
Kule, E. K., Kyohangirwe, A., Midamba, D. C., & Byakatonda, J. (2025) . (2025) . Farmer perceptions and their implications for adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices
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)
Kule, E.K., Agole, D., Obia, A., D.M. Okello., Odongo, W. (2025) . (2025) . Adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices: assessing the role of institutional and socio-economic factors amongst smallholder farmers . Cogent Social Sciences
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
Alela, B., Kule, E. K., Midamba, D. C., & Mugonola, B. (2024) . (2024) . Determinants of adoption of integrated soil fertility management practices among coffee producers in Mid-Northern Uganda . Cogent Social Sciences
. (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)
Akite, I. Okello, D.M., Kasharu, A. & Mugonola, B. (2023) . (2023) . CrossRef citations to date 0 Altmetric Listen Research Articles Smallholder Farmers’ Contextual Ingredients of Process, Functional and Product Upgrading Strategies for Improved Competitiveness in Uganda’s Rice Markets . Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, pp. 763-787
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
Akite, I. Okello, D.M., Kasharu, A. & Mugonola, B. (2022) . (2022) . Estimation of profit efficiency of smallholder rice farmers in Uganda: A stochastic frontier approach . Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 8
Jones, L., Boyer, D., Turner, K., Akite, I., Gathecah, S. & Mateyo, B. (2022) . (2022) . Strategies for Incubators and accelerators: Strengthening Ecosystems for Women Climate Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa . Available at: https://wusc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Final-AWCE-report.pdf
Akite, I. Okello, D.M. Lamo, J., Kasharu, A. & Mugonola, B. (2021) . (2021) . Determinants of non-technological upgrading strategies for rice market improvements in Uganda . Scientific African
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)

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