Emmanuel Zziwa

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Area of Expertise

Animal Production and Rangeland Management

Current Research

Improving livestock production in the mid Western zone of Uganda; climate change adaptation studies and pasture and rangeland management restoration research

Research Countries

Uganda

Professional Experience

Research Officer, National Agricultural Research Organization - Uganda (2007 until up to date)

Current FSC Status

Alumnus

Year of FSC Scholarship

2010

Institute during FSC Scholarship

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya

Home Institute

Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research Institute, Uganda

Doctoral Institute

University of Nairobi, Kenya

Dissertation

Land use changes in the rangelands of Uganda: Impacts on soil quality and pasture productivity in Nakasongola District

Degrees

M.Sc. Animal Science, B.Sc. Agriculture

Important Publications

Zziwa, E., Kironchi, G., Mpairwe, D., Mugerwa, S., Gachene, C.C, 2009. Drivers of land use change and their impacts on pastoral livelihoods in the rangelands of Uganda. Journal of Arid Regions (ISSN 0330-7956)

Zziwa, E., Mpairwe, D., Kyambande, J., Iwadra, M., Mutetika, D., Kiwuwa,G., Mugerwa, S., Peden, D., 2008. Effects of upper catchments management and water cover plants on the quality and quantity of water in surface reservoir. Proceeding of Second International Forum on Water and Food. 10th-16th November 2008, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia. Volume II – IFWF2 Science Session Papers, pp. 71-74.