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We investigated the occurrence of insect pests and natural enemies on rice plants and weeds around rice fields in Uganda, East Africa, during 2010 and 2013. The following pest arthropods were collected with an insect net: large-sized stalk-eyed fly (Diopsis longicornis), small-sized stalk-eyed fly (D. apicalis), plant bugs (Pentatomidae and Alydidae), planthoppers and leafhoppers (Delphacidae and Cicadellidae), leaf beetles (Chaetocnema spp., Chrysispa viridicyanea and Altica spp.), short-horned grasshoppers (Coryphosima spp. etc.) and long-horned grasshoppers (Tettigoniidae). Small-sized natural enemies, such as parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Cynipoidea, Braconidae and Ichneumonidae), were also captured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using data obtained from a series of nation-wide market surveys in Uganda, this article attempts to document and assess the domestic rice market at all stages in the post-harvest marketing chain from the farm gate to metropolitan area retail outlets. The criteria used are quantities marketed, prices, marketing margins, marketing costs and net returns to traders. The results show that the regional rice markets are integrated into the national market and that on average little surplus is left for rice traders at all market stages if marketing costs are accounted for. The spontaneously developed indigenous crop market works reasonably well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]