oil content and physicochemical characteristics of oils

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I thank the Belgian Technical Cooperation of Kinshasa for the fellowship that enabled me to do my
Masters studies at Makerere University. I thank also MacArthur Foundation for additional funding to
cover research expenses. This work would not have been possible without the generous support of
numerous people and institutions. I am glad to extend my profound and cordial gratitude to my
Supervisors Dr. Archileo N. Kaaya, Prof. Frank Kansiime and Dr. John R.S. Tabuti for their skilled
advice and sympathetic attitude during my research work. I also extend my thanks to the following:
Prof. Bashwira Samvura of Department of Chemistry, Insititut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu, in
D.R. Congo for his advices on the work in the home country; Prof. Otto Grahl-Nielsen of
Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, in Norway for experimental work in gas
chromatography for fatty acids analysis; The Staff of CRSN/Lwiro for all opportunities for the work
in the laboratory of CRSN and all the social and administrative supervision; my laboratory
assistants, Mr. Zabona Muderhwa and Mr. Ndatabaye Lagrissi for their contribution in the field and
the laboratory; Mr. Justus Kwetegyeka, Lecturer to Department of Chemistry of Makerere
University for his valuable comments on my proposal. Finally, thanks to the numerous friends I
made and sympathetic people I met in Uganda who made my stay enjoyable.
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