Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Effects of crop sanitation on banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), populations and crop damage in Uganda por Masanza, M., Gold, C., Huis, A. van, Ragama, P.E.

“…The effects of crop sanitation on banana weevil populations and damage were studied in an on-station trial in Uganda. Treatments included low, moderate and high levels of sanitation. …”
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development: A case of the organic pineapple in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda por Kalibwani, Rebecca Mutebi, Twebaze, Jennifer, Kamugisha, Rick, Kakuru, Medard, Sabiiti, Moses, Kugonza, Irene, Tenywa, Moses, Nyamwaro, Sospeter S.

“…With the view that such partnerships can raise farmers’ incomes, the study uses the case of the organic pineapple (OP) value chain in Ntungamo, Western Uganda, to understand the governance features that hold the value chain partners together, to analyse the costs and margins to the participating farmers, to identify opportunities for demand-driven upgrading of the farmers’ skills and knowledge, and the role that partnerships play in such upgrading.The study uses the qualitative tools of value chain analysis: value chain maps of stakeholders, processes and support services of the OP value chain, and a quantitative tool to analyse costs and margins to the participating farmers. …”
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Evaluation of pseudostem trapping as a control measure against banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Uganda por Gold, C., Okech, S., Nokoe, S.

“…Controlled studies to determine the efficacy of pseudostem trapping in reducing adult populations of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), were conducted under farmer conditions in Ntungamo district, Uganda. Twenty-seven farms were stratified on the basis of C. sordidus population density (estimated by mark and recapture methods) and divided among three treatments: (i) researcher-managed trapping (one trap per mat per month): (ii) farmer-managed trapping (trap intensity at discretion of farmer); and (iii) controls (no trapping). …”
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Genetic Patterns of Common-Bean Seed Acquisition and Early-Stage Adoption Among Farmer Groups in Western Uganda por Wilkus, Erin Lynn, Berny Mier y Teran, Jorge Carlos, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Gepts, Paul L.

“…The Hoima district of western Uganda additionally provides an excellent social setting for evaluating consequences of adoption because access to improved varieties has varied across farmer groups in this production region. …”
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Replication Data for: Opportunities for sustainable intensification of coffee agro-ecosystems along an altitudinal gradient on Mt. Elgon, Uganda por Rahn, Eric, Liebig, Theresa Ines, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Läderach, Peter R.D., Vaast, Philippe, Sarmiento, Alejandra, García, Claude, Jassogne, Laurence T.P.

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A review of Uganda's national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation: Insights from Mount Elgon por Banana, Abwoli Y., Byakagaba, P., Russell, A., Waiswa, D., Bomuhangi, Allan

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Lessons learned for improving policies affecting forest conservation and climate change adaptation in Uganda's water tower communities por Russell, A., Banana, Abwoli Y., Ongugo, P.

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Geographic shifts in highland cooking banana (Musa, group AAA EA) production in Uganda: site and data summaries por Gold, Cliford S., Karamura, E.B., Kiggundu, A., Bagamba, F., Abera, A.M.

“…Type AAA-EA) is the most important staple crop in southern Uganda and throughout the East African Great Lakes Region. …”
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The effects of banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) damage on highland banana growth, yield and stand duration in Uganda por Gold, Cliford S., Kagezi, G.H., Night, G., Ragama, P.E.

“…Atwalira) to banana weevil was run between 1994 and 2001 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture's Sendusu Farm in Namulonge, Uganda. Banana weevil adults were released into weevil-infestation plots, while weevils were excluded from controls by trapping and later application of chlorpyrifos. …”
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Performance and growth prospects of Irish potatoes as a component for the development of strategic exports in Uganda: ASARECA monograph, No. 2 por Ferris, R.S.B., Lemaga, B., Okobio, G., Crissman, C.C., Ewell, P.

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Nematodes associated with East African Highland cooking bananas and cv. Pisang Awak (Musa spp.) in Central Uganda por Speijer, P., Waele, D. de

“…A survey was conducted at 17 sites in Central Uganda. Suckers were detached from East African Highland cooking bananas (Musa spp., AAA-group) and the cultivar Pisang Awak (Musa spp., ABB-group), and assessed for nematode population densities and root damage. …”
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The importance of on-farm biosecurity: Sero-prevalence and risk factors of bacterial and viral pathogens in smallholder pig systems in Uganda por Dione, Michel M., Masembe, C., Akol, Joyce, Amia, Winfred C., Kungu, J., Hu Suk Lee, Wieland, Barbara

“…This study estimated the seroprevalence and identified the risk factors of a range of bacterial and viral pathogens of potential economic and public health importance in domestic pigs in Uganda. A total of 522 clinically healthy pigs were randomly selected from 276 pig farms in Masaka (142) and Lira (134) districts of Uganda in 2015. …”
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Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) infestation of cooking and beer bananas in adjacent stands in Uganda por Gold, Cliford S., Bagabe, M.I.

“…Kisubi) on a farm in central Uganda. Weevil density and mobility were assessed using mark and rerapture techniques. …”
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Effects of soil substrate and nitrogen fertilizer on biomass production of Acacia senegal and Acacia sieberiana in North Eastern Uganda por Otuba, Moses

“…A study on the effects of soil substrate and nitrogen fertilizer on the growth rate and biomass production of Acacia senegal and A. sieberiana in North Eastern Uganda was conducted between February and June, 2012. …”

Uptake and impact of Climate Smart Agriculture on food security, incomes and assets in East Africa por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries: Overview por Davis, Kristin E.

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From field to table: How promoting new crop varieties via seed trial packs and consumer focused activities influences smallholder farmers’ planting decisions por Moore, Maya, Tchuente, Hubert Noel Takam, Trachtman, Carly, Kramer, Berber, Qualitative Behavioral Intelligence Research Team

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A qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control por Mutua, Edna N., Haan, Nicoline C. de, Tumusiime, Dan, Jost, Christine, Bett, Bernard K.

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HARVESTPLUS enhancing on-farm access to vitamin A sweetpotato pathogen-tested planting material in Uganda: Strategies for sustainable adoption. por International Potato Center

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Andean potato diversity conserved in the International Potato Center genebank helps develop agriculture in Uganda: the example of the variety ‘Victoria’ por Bernal-Galeano, V., Norton, G., Ellis, David, Anglin, Noelle L., Hareau, Guy, Smale, Melinda, Jamora, Nelissa, Alwang, J., Pradel, W.

“…We then used an economic surplus approach to measure Victoria’s benefits in Uganda by attributing and valuing productivity gains. …”
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