Faculty Administration

Dean Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Names	Dr. John Livingstone Mutyaba
Email:	jmutyaba@ucu.ac.ug
Tel:	0751349343

Dean's Bio

Dr John Livingstone Mutyaba is a Senior Lecturer, academic leader, researcher, and consultant with over fifteen (15) years of experience in higher education, applied research, academic administration, and development consultancy. He currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at Uganda Christian University, providing strategic leadership in teaching, research, postgraduate training, curriculum development, and institutional performance.

His expertise encompasses Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Analysis, Institutional Assessment, Quality Assurance, and Higher Education Management. As an academician and consultant, he has extensive experience in Action Research, Project/Programme Assessment, Curriculum Development, Strategic Planning, and Evidence-Based Interventions aimed at strengthening institutions, agricultural systems, and rural livelihoods.

Refereed publications and research

John Livingstone Mutyaba, Margaret W. Ngigi & Oscar Ingasia Ayuya (2024)Determinants of knowledge, attitude and perception towards cage fish farming technologiesamong smallholder farmers in Uganda, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 10:1, 2313252, DOI:10.1080/23311932.2024.2313252.

Mutyaba JL., Ngigi MW., Ingasia OA (2023). Effect of Information Flow through SocialNetworks on Adoption of Cage Fish Farming Technologies in Uganda. East African Journalof Science, Technology and Innovation, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.37425/ypgc7361.

J. L Mutyaba, M. W. Ngigi & O. A. Ingasia (2023). Impact of Informal Networks amongCage Fish Farmers on Catch Potential. African Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 6 (3): Jan-March, 2023: pp.191-216.

J. L Mutyaba, M.WNgigi and O.I Ayuya (2022) “Characterising Smallholder Cage fishfarmers in the Lake Victoria area of Uganda. A Cluster Analysis Approach: A clusterAnalysis Approach”, Egerton University International Conference. Available at:https://conferences.egerton.ac.ke/index.php/euc/article/view/103.

JL Mutyaba (2018). Socio-economic constraints faced by smallholder vegetable farmers incentral Uganda; R Gate.

Faculty Heads of Departments

Head Department of Agriculture: Dr. John Livingstone Mutyaba

Email: jmutyaba@ucu.ac.ug

Tel: 0751349343

Academic staff

Name	Position and responsibility	Area of specialization
Prof. Elizabeth Kizito Email: ebkizito@ucu.ac.ug	Director, Research, Partnership and Innovations	Plant Breeding & Biotechnology
Ms. Sheila Namuwaya Email: hodagriculture@ucu.ac.ug	Head of Department and Senior lecturer (Department of Agriculture)	Geographical Information System, Climate Change & Adaptation, Land degradation & Conservation, Land use planning, Natural Resource Management, Integrated
Dr. Rosemary Bulyaba Email: rbulyaba@ucu.ac.ug	Dean Faculty of Agricultural Sciences	Agribusiness, Legume research, Crop production and management, Food and nutrition security,Plant Physiology,Sustainable cropping systems
Dr. Elizabeth Kuteesa Email: elizabethkuteesa@gmail.com	Senior Lecturer	Agricultural economics, Gender, Extension services, Curriculum development, Monitoring and Evaluation,Food security enhancement
Dr. Ssali William Mamiima Email: wssali@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	Food Policy Development and Review,Technology Sourcing, Research Management, Food Legislation, Food And Nutrition Security, Food Standards, Food Fortification, Fish Processing
Dr. John Livingstone Mutyaba Email: jmutyaba@ucu.ac.ug	Head of Department and Senior lecturer (Department of Natural Resources Management and Agribusiness)	Agricultural Economics, Econometrics, Crop Science, Project management
Dr. Martin Mutumbuka Email: mmutambuka@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	Flavor Chemistry, Baking Science, Food Business Development and Marketing, Nutritional Value Addition
Dr. James Higenyi Email: jhigenyi@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	Animal Health and Production, Animal Products Processing and Value Addition,Food Safety, Epidemiology, Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Animal Health Investigations, Field Diagnostics Such as Pathological, Parasitological and Serological, Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis
Prof Michael Masanza Email: mmasanza@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	Entomology, Production Ecology, Resource conservation, Crop science, Agronomy, Scientific communicatioN, Research ethics and design
Dr. Catherine Ndagire Email: catherinendagire@gmail.com	Lecturer	Principles and Practices of Food Science and Technology, Food Product Development and Optimization of Processing Conditions, Food Analysis, Principles and Practices in Applied Human Nutrition, Project Management
Dr. Rachael Namuli Email: rnamuli@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Animal Health and Production • Epidemiology • Field Diagnostics Such as Pathological, Parasitological and Serological • Agricultural Extension Methods • Agricultural Information System • Rural Development
Dr. Ssepuya Geoffrey Email: gssepuuya@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Insect rearing technology. • Laboratory experiment design • Mycotoxins
Dr. John Jagwe Email: jagwej@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Agricultural Economics • Econometrics • Agriculture information systems • Agricultural Finance
Dr. Sseremba Godfrey Email: gsseremba@ucu.ac.ug		• Crop Science • Plant breeding • Data statistics • Bio informatics • Agronomy
Ms. Nakyewa Brenda Email: bnakyewa@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Economics• Agribusiness • Mathematics • Socio-Economics and Gender Analysis
Mr. Francis Kuloba Email: fkuloba@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Agricultural Economics • Applied econometrics • Agriculture and rural development • Production economics • Food security
Ms. Nanyanzi Mary Email: marynanyanzi@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Agronomy • Soil science • Sustainable agriculture • Cooperative management • Agriculture and Rural development
Ms Doris Ngonzi Email: dngonzi@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Dietetics • Dairy Product Development. Microbiology
Ms. Nahamya Kabod Pamela Email: pkabod@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Plant breeding • Plant biotechnology • Crop agronomy • Disease and pest management
Ms. Ruth Buteme Email: rbuteme@ucu.ac.ug	Lecturer	• Plant breeding and seed systems • Integrated Crop Management • Sustainable cropping systems • Crop health management systems • Project Management • Community engagement methodology
Dr. Mary Naula Owor Email: mowor@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Literature review and critical analysis, • Organizational leadership and management • Pedagogy
Dr. Dan Makosa Email: dmakosa@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Agricultural Marketing • Agricultural Value Chain • Agricultural Policy • Project Planning and Management • Monitoring & Evaluation • Production economics • Farm Management
Dr. Muzaale Francis Email: fmuzaale@ucu.ac.ug	Senior Lecturer	• Veterinary medicine • Animal and human anatomy • Animal and human physiology • Animal husbandry
Mr. Mupuya Ronald Email: rmupuya@ucu.ac.ug	Teaching assistant/ demonstrator
Mr. Kucel Newton Email: nkucel@ucu.ac.ug	Teaching assistant/ demonstrator
Ms. Linnet Muyawa Email: lmuyawa@ucu.ac.ug	Lab Assistant
Ms. Wesigye Jacqueline Email:jwesigye@ucu.ac.ug	Lab Technician