Biology Laboratory

This course takes a decision focus to Management Information Systems and outlines the  basic knowledge requirements suitable  for designing  a good management information system. Major topics covered include;  Definition of Management Information system (MIS).

Students undertaking this course will be introduced to the concepts and dynamics of small business management. Areas to be covered include: Definitions of small agribusiness, weakness of small business, small business in the global economy. Entrepreneurship: definition and development. New ventures and the business plan, the needs for planning in agribusiness management, evaluating an existing business, franchises, women in franchising

The origin, nature and impact of operations research.Introduction to theory and practice of mathematical programs including linear programming and network analysis.Equations and graphical presentations of business problems and solutions, linear equations and graphs, slopes, intercepts.

Law is part of our everyday activities. It is even more urgent for a person engaged in business transactions. Ignorance of the law is not a defense and it is against this background that a person intending to do agri-related business should have knowledge of some basic legal principles to enable him or her conclude contracts with ease.

Factors affecting prices of agricultural products: long-time, cyclical, seasonal and other price movements; Sources of information relating to production and demand factors; Government activities as they relate to prices of agricultural products; methods and problems in price analysis and forecasting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Objectives: 

This course introduces beginners to the plant. It is divided into two parts: Agricultural botany and Plant physiology. The first part of the course covers plant anatomy and morphology with emphasis on form and function. The course introduces learners to the taxonomy of plants with particular emphasis on groups with agricultural importance as producers of food, feed, fibre and wood or as weeds or pests. The second part introduces the learner to the functioning and control of plant biochemical processes

Definition of key gender concepts and terminologies. Relevance of gender to agriculture and agro-related industries. Gender issues in various agricultural sub-sectors (crop production, agribusiness, animal production, Horticultural and food industry, Land use and management, extension service delivery and agricultural engineering). Gender in agricultural development. Gender approaches to development.

Importance Classification, nomenclature and identification of key microbial organisms.  A broad taxonomic survey of the key microbes (viz, fungi, viruses and bacteriology) with emphasis on structures, life cycles, reproduction, and ecology.

This course introduces beginners to the plant. It is divided into two parts: Agricultural botany and Plant physiology. The first part of the course covers plant anatomy and morphology with emphasis on form and function.

Definition of agriculture: relate definition to animal agriculture and profession; Importance of animals to man; Types of animals kept by man; Differences between ruminants & non ruminants; The environment in relation to animal production: Tropics vs temperate environment; Systems of animal production;  Animal production as a business; Constraints to improved animal production in Uganda.