Browsing by Author "Matovu, Jacob"

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    Does the Inclusion of Second Generation Genetically Modified Plants in Feeds have any effect on Animal Performance?
    (Turkish Journal of Agriculture-Food Science and Technology, 2021) Matovu, Jacob
    The need for studies on the nutritional value of plants depends on their composition. The first generation genetically modified Plants (GMPs) have the same composition as their near-isogenic lines. Therefore, they have the same nutritional value, and most of the animal feeding studies have found no significant differences in the production and health parameters of animals that consumed first-generation GMPs in comparison to non-GMPs. Due to the recent production of transgenic plants with specific nutritional properties (second generation GMPs), their use as feed for animals is viewed with skepticism in very many countries. In this critical review, it is concluded that most of these nutritionally improved plants have not shown adverse effects on the performance of various animals compared to their near-isogenic lines and can therefore be considered in the animal feed industry. However, most of the experiments were conducted on laboratory animals. There is a need to conduct them with animals that are mainly consumed by humans, such as ruminants. There is also a need to feed the whole plant to these animals and not just certain parts of the plant to get a clear picture of its overall safety. In addition, there is a need to determine a suitable long-term nutritional and toxicological approach assessment.
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    Mass media as agencies of socialization in Uganda
    (Journal of Black Studies, 1990) Matovu, Jacob
    Could the mass media be agencies of national unity and develop-ment in Uganda, the current violent upheavals notwithstanding? This article, adapted from a historical study, shows that Uganda’s mass media systems could not effectively play that role, given their structures. Socialization, the process by which people learn to be members of the human race and members of the culture in which they are bom, forms the theoretical framework of the study. At issue, therefore, is the extent to which the mass media could be agencies of socializing Ugandans to a common culture whose central elements would be national unity and development. Ugandans have had control of the modem systems of mass media since 1962, when Uganda became independent of Great Britain. But those systems are yet to be reorganized in ways that could make them more responsive and appealing to a broader spectrum of Ugandans. What follows is an assessment of the systems’ success or failure as agencies of socialization in Uganda in the context of their historical establishment and development.