Ngolobe, Silas K2026-05-222026-05-222024Ngolobe, S. K. (2024). Assessment of seasonal farm- based challenges facing fish farmers and adaptive strategies being used in Nagongera sub- county Tororo District [Undergraduate, Research Report]. Busitema University.https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/3480Introduction Fisheries sector plays an important role in Uganda's economy. Contribution of the sector to the nation's economy can be increased if challenges in the industry are minimized and the benefits explored. Uganda is blessed with numerous opportunities for large-scale aquaculture; however, the challenges seem to override these opportunities. Constraints to production in the industry have been identified as recurrent high-cost fish feed, poor water quality management, poor quality fish seed, technical know-how etc. Beyond the constraints to production are more pertinent factors responsible for un-sustainability of fish farm operation as business ventures. This research focused on seasonal farm-based challenges and how different farmers were managing such challenges in the study area of Tororo. Methods The total number of fish farmers sampled were 11, all coming from different parishes in Nagongera sub-County. The instructions used in data collection were informant’s interview guides and structured observation methods. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design because it helped to measure the prevalence of different challenges with a fish farm whose study samples were obtained by purposive and simple random sampling. Results The study showed that majority of the fish farmers, 30.77% are male adults of above sixty years who only archived elementary studies. Majority being elderly and of primary level, the key challenges faced include the following; Predatory birds, drought, shortage of fish feeds in dry season and siltation, emigration of fish, rapid growth of weeds in wet season. viii ix Conclusion Most farmers in the study are dependent largely on local technologies and natural sources of feeds for their fish, in addition to natural sources of water. Most challenging season recorded was dry seasonen-USThesis