News Updates - College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

COVID-19 International Symposium, Kampala-Uganda

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UrbanActionLab, Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University, in collaboration with ACTTOGETHER Uganda, University of Manchester, Uk and Kampala Capital...

FInding the Silver Piglet Seminar

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences represented by Dr. Donald Kugonza, Assoc.Prof, Department of Agricultural Production, has organized a Seminar on “FINDING THE SILVER PIGLET” slated for Monday March...

NEMEDUSSA Consortium Advancing Nematology Education In Sub-Saharan Africa

To develop the research and educational capacity in Sub-Sahara Africa in the field of nematology, or the study of roundworms, a joint Erasmus+ KA2 project was recently launched. The...

Moving from theory to practice: Deepening gender responsive agricultural research skills on NARs in Sub-Saharan Africa

While training courses remain a central focus to the Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) program, towards the end of 2021 GREAT training courses were complemented by a...

CAES Guest Lectures: Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda – Friday, 11th March 2022, 10:00am

The Coordinator of the Climate Smart and NORHED II projects at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University invites you all to the aforementioned lectures scheduled...

GREAT Research Points Way Towards More Inclusive Agricultural Systems

The Beijing Declaration in 1995 set the global development agenda for gender equality across sectors, including agriculture. Since then, gender training has been a central approach for gender integration...

New CAES Principal Delivers Inaugural Speech, Explains Strategies for Improving the College

The new Principal, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University, Dr Gorettie N. Nabanoga delivered her inaugural speech to the College community on Friday, 4th March 2022....

Norhed II PhD Scholarships Tenable at NTNU

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in collaboration with the University of Stavanger (Norway), Makerere University- MAK (Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Climatic Sciences and the School...

Mak-CAES dispatches 514 native chickens for Women-led Farmer Groups in Apac and Kole Districts

Native chickens contribute significantly to the well-being of rural farming communities in low-income countries and particularly so in poverty-stricken regions of Mozambique and Uganda by providing protein and micronutrients....

InnoFoodAfricaiProject Implementation Takes Root

The InnoFoodAfrica project in full “Locally driven co-development of plant based value chains towards more sustainable African food systems with healthier diets and export potential” is explor- ing climate-smart...