© 2015 Sarah E. Rich

Dorothy Nampanzira

RISE Degree(s) 

PhD in Livestock Nutrition from Makerere University

RISE Network(s) 
RISE-AFNNET
Nationality 
Ugandan
Employment 

Lecturer, Department of Livestock and Industrial Resources, Makerere University, Uganda

Research 

Improving utilization of locally available feed resources to enhance productivity and reduce methane emissions from livestock

Special Accomplishments 

Chapter Scientist on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC)

Reviewer for Agroforestry Systems

Sida/SAREC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2016–18): "Enhancing utilization of F. natalensis by goats using bamboo wood ash and charcoal"

Principal Investigator on 2016 REDD-EA Project: "Status of livestock production in and around Mabira Forest: community risks, attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of carbon sequestration"

2015 Co-Principal Investigator on Regional University Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Project: "Enhancing productivity of traditional goat phenotypes among small holder farmers of Uganda"

Carnegie Next Generation of African Academics: Grants for Data Collection (2011) and Thesis Completion (2014)

2013 IFS Individual Research Grant: "Developing high-value rations for indigenous meat goats based on some native browse species for small holder farmers"

2011 DAAD In-Country Scholar

Selected Conference Papers & Presentations 

Muwanika, VB, Masembe C, Nampanzira DK, Kabi F. "Enhancing productivity of traditional goat phenotypes among small holder farmers of Uganda: The role of research.” Fifth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference 2016: "Linking Agricultural Universities with Civil Society, the Private Sector, Governments and Other Stakeholders in Support of Agricultural Development in Africa," Cape Town, South Africa, 17–21 October 2016. 14(1):787–91

Selected Publications 

Muwanika VB, Nsubuga D, Nampanzira DK, Kabi F, Masembe C. 2018. Sedentarization among nomadic pastoralists of Uganda: which way to feed livestock? Agrofor. Syst., pp. 1–10

Nampanzira DK, Kabasa JD, Katongole CB, Okello S, Tabuti JRS. 2017. Ameliorative effects of Ficus and Harrisonia diets on small East African goat meat yield. Small Rumin. Res. 153:189–193

Nampanzira DK, Kabasa JD, Katongole CB, Okello S, Tabuti JRS. 2016. Natural gastro properties of Ficus natalensis, Rhuss natalensis and Harrisonia abyssinica in native East African goats. Livest. Sci. 187:31–34

Nampanzira DK, Kabasa JD, Nalule SA, Nakalembe I, Tabuti JRS. 2015. Characterization of the goat feeding system among rural small holder farmers in the semi-arid regions of Uganda. Springerplus. 4(1):188

Email Address(es) 
dnampanzira@gmail.com
RISE Degree(s) Completed 
January 2016