Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

  1. Survey of potato pests: diseases, nematodes, and insects in south-west Uganda. Report prepared for the International Fertilizer Development Center por Nakato, V., Mbiru, E., Were, E., Coyne, D., Beed, F., Okonya, J., Mbiri, D., Parker, M.

    Publicado 2014
    “…A survey of diseases, nematodes, and insect pests affecting seed potato production was carried out in the Kabale and Kisoro districts of south-western Uganda in March and June 2014. The objective was to identify areas suitable for seed potato production in south-western Uganda having low disease and nematode pressure and prevalence; in relation to this, pests and diseases were identified from various potato farms in south-western Uganda. …”
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  2. A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda por Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Asindu, Marsy

    Publicado 2020
    “…Banana is an important livelihood source for more than 12 million smallholder farmers in Uganda. Despite this contribution, its productivity continues to decline due to Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW). …”
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  3. Information Barriers to Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Willingness to Pay for Certified Seed of an Open Pollinated Maize Variety in Northern Uganda por Mastenbroek, Astrid, Sirutyte, Irma, Sparrow, Robert

    Publicado 2021
    “…We examine smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for agricultural technology and whether information is a constraint to adoption of certified maize seed in Northern Uganda. The uptake of improved maize varieties by smallholder farmers in Uganda remains persistently low, despite the higher yield potential compared to traditional varieties. …”
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  4. Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia por Recha, Tobias, Mohammed, Jemal, Otieno, Gloria Atieno

    Publicado 2020
    “…This project ‘Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia’ aims to improve farmers’ adaptation to climate change and enhance food and nutrition security by increasing the availability of quality, diverse and adapted seeds within local communities through participatory varietal evaluation using a crowdsourcing approach and innovative seed value chains.…”
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  5. A new pathway for livelihood improvement and adaptation to climate change: growing vegetables in Hoima, Uganda. Final technical report. por Mwanguhya, Joshua, Kiiza, Annet, Kabakoyo, Elizabeth, Turyahumura, Alex, Recha, Tobias, Vernooy, Ronnie

    Publicado 2021
    “…The crowdsourcing vegetable pilot project was implemented in Hoima, Uganda, from March 2019 to the beginning of 2021, by East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with the World Vegetable Centre and the National Agricultural Research Organisation of Uganda and notably the Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute in Hoima. …”
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  6. Digital extension Interactive Voice Response (IVR) mLearning: Lessons learnt from Uganda pig value chain por Dione, Michel M., Kang'ethe, Edwin, Poole, Elizabeth J., Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Ouma, Emily A., Dror, Iddo

    Publicado 2021
    “…We assessed the effectiveness of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology in delivering biosecurity messages for the control of African swine fever (ASF) in Uganda using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 408 smallholder pig farmers. …”
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  7. Community perspectives on food security and dietary diversity among rural smallholder farmers: A qualitative study in central Uganda por Nabuuma, Deborah, Ekesa, Beatrice, Faber, Mieke, Mbhenyane, Xikombiso

    Publicado 2021
    “…A qualitative study was conducted among rural smallholder farmers in Kiboga district, Central Uganda with 28 participants in eight focus group discussions (four groups with men and four groups with women). …”
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  8. The role of gender and institutional dynamics in adapting seed systems to climate change: case studies from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda por Marimo, Pricilla, Otieno, Gloria, Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Vernooy, Ronnie, Halewood, Michael, Fadda, Carlo, Mulumba, Wasswa Mulumba, Nyamongo, Desterio Ondieki, Mollel, Margaret

    Publicado 2021
    “…We explore how seed systems enhance access to seeds, and information for climate-change adaptation in farming communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as how gender-driven roles and institutional dynamics influence the process. …”
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  9. Emergence of rice yellow mottle virus in eastern Uganda: Recent and singular interplay between strains in East Africa and in Madagascar por Ochola, D., Issaka, S., Rakotomalala, M., Pinel Galzi, A., Ndikumana, I., Hubert, J., Hébrard, E., Séré, Y., Tusiime, Geoffrey, Fargette, D.

    Publicado 2015
    “…Epidemics of rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) have developed recently in eastern Uganda, close to Lake Victoria in East Africa. Unexpectedly, all isolates from the affected area belonged to a single strain (named S4ug), a strain that is different from the S4lv strain that has been prevalent in the Lake Victoria basin for the past five decades. …”
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  10. A compendium of participatory evaluation data on sorghum, finger millet and beans for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania por Otieno, Gloria Atieno

    Publicado 2021
    “…The compendium contains participatory evaluation data collected from crowd sourcing varieties of finger millet, sorghum, and beans from national genebanks in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda by over 1600 farmers over the period 2017-2019 in CCAFS climate smart villages of Hoima-Uganda, Nyando-Kenya and Hombolo and Singida in Tanzania. …”
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  11. Apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness endemic focus of northwestern Uganda por Opiro, R., Opoke, R., Angwech, H., Nakafu, E., Oloya, F.A., Openy, G., Njahira, Moses, Macharia, Mercy, Echodu, R., Malinga, Geoffrey Maxwell, Opiyo, E.A.

    Publicado 2021
    “…Methodology We deployed 109 biconical traps in 10 villages in two districts of northwestern Uganda to obtain information on the apparent density, trypanosome infection status and blood meal sources of tsetse flies. …”
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