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Local Record Number

: UG9800557

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0508000016

Starting Date

: 199607

Duration

:?

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199804

Title

: Wood utilisation with respect to constraints of narrow species range and inadequate knowledge of timber strength.

Objectives

: Test and compare some physical and mechanical properties of selected species; increase knowledge on timber strength and quality; widen knowledge on possible uses of these timbers.

Category (Primary)

: J12

Category (Secondary)

: K10

Category (Tertiary)

: J10

AGROVOC Descriptors

: WOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD TECHNOLOGY; TIMBER TREES; FOREST PRODUCTS

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organisation. Forestry Research Institute.

Institution Address

: P.O BOX 1752, Kampala (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Kanarwani, Grace. R

Speciality

: BASIC SCIENCES

Co-worker 1

: Odokonyero, Geoffrey.O

Speciality

: BASIC SCIENCES

Notes

: NARO Project.

Cooperating Inst. 1

: Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.