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Capacity strengthening strategy through capacity needs assessment for Country Level Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (SAKSS): Uganda por Bashaasha, Bernard

“…In an effort to accelerate growth and eliminate hunger and poverty, Uganda signed a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Compact in 2010, thereby agreeing to commit 10 percent of its annual budget toward agriculture and to work toward increasing the sector’s growth by 6 percent annually. …”
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Comparison of estimates of the nutrient density of the diet of women and children in Uganda by Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys (HCES) and 24-hour recall por Jariseta, Zo Rambeloson, Dary, Omar, Fiedler, John L., Franklin, Nadra

“…National Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys (HCES) may be an alternative method, but there is no evidence to assess their relative performance.To compare HCES-based estimates of the nutrient density of foods consumed by Ugandan women (15 to 49 years of age) and children (24 to 59 months of age) with estimates based on 24-hour recall.The 52 food items of the Uganda 2006 HCES were matched with nutrient content of foods in a 2008 24-hour recall survey, which were used to refine the HCES-based estimates of nutrient intakes. …”
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Malaria and agriculture: A global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda por Wielgosz, Benjamin, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Tsegai, Daniel, Ringler, Claudia

“…Many of those most afflicted are part of farming households; therefore agriculture, poverty, and health are intimately linked through malaria. Uganda has the highest malaria parasite transmission in the world and is an important case study due to the role agricultural development has played in increasing malaria transmission within the country, according to the literature reviewed here. …”
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Supply and Demand of Processed Potato Products in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda: Variety Requirements of Processing Companies and Implications for Trait Prioritization for Breeding por Naziri, D., Devaux, A., Hareau, G., Wauters, P.

“…The potato processing industry in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda is expanding rapidly. This study assesses the current situation and outlook of the local industrial potato processing sector and the alignment of the industry’s variety requirements with the priorities set by breeders. …”
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Food Systems, Environments, Nutrition: a Structured Evidence Framework (FoodSENSE Framework) Application in Masaka District, Central Uganda por Caulfield, Mark, Achandi, Esther, Hammond, James, Omosa, Esther, Ahumuza, Ronnie, Spray, Andrea, Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Ouma, Emily A.

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Landownership and food security in Uganda: A study of land use and control among households of women living with HIV in four districts por Kabumbuli, Robert, Mubangizi, Jotham, Kindi, Fred, Ssebuliba, James

“…Women in Uganda, especially widows, disproportionately suffer the impacts of AIDS because of their disadvantaged position due to sociocultural factors. …”
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Characterization of the livestock production system and potential for enhancing productivity through improved feeding at Namayumba, Wakiso district of Uganda, March 2011 por Lukuyu, Ben A., Kugonza, J., Wabwire, R., Baltenweck, Isabelle

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A report of farmer field days at the multilocation trial sites in Mbarara and Ngetta zonal agricultural research and development institutes in Uganda por Lukuyu, Ben A., Mudde, Barnabas, Wentaro, Amos, Obong, Samson, Tugume, Gershom, Ahumuza, Ronnie, Businge, Martha

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The effectiveness of the volunteer farmer trainer approach vis-à-vis other information sources in dissemination of livestock feed technologies in Uganda por Kimaiyo, Joan, Kiptot, Evelyne, Mwambi, Mercy, Kugonza, Jane, Franzel, Steven

“…Inadequacies displayed by the public extension in Uganda has led to the emergence of farmer-led extension delivery whose main mandate goes beyond technology transfer but also towards farmer-driven agricultural technologies and enhanced farmer capacities. …”
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Gender Transformative Methodologies CoP. Masculinities conversation 2 - Engaging men for gender equality in Uganda: Navigating resistance and backlash por Kodwo Mensah, Emmanuel, Mwiine, Amon, Bailey, Arwen

“…In this session, Emmanuel Mensah shares his experience working with men and boys in Uganda to embrace positive masculinities and become agents of change for gender equality. …”
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Promoting equitable access to quality seeds: The impact of social and behaviour change interventions among smallholder rice farmers in Butaleja, Uganda por Bomuhangi, Allan, Yila, Jummai

“…This endline evaluation assesses the impact of Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) interventions on equitable access to and adoption of quality rice varieties among smallholder farmers in Butaleja District, Uganda. Using a cross-sectional survey design with quasi-experimental methods, the analysis compares 298 treated farmers against 128 control farmers, supplemented by qualitative data from 7 focus group discussions and 13 key informant interviews. …”
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Information flow and the adoption of soil-improvingand water conservation measures, and householdwelfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trialin Uganda por Mbabazi, Gloria Esther, Awudu Abdulai, Kikulwe, Enoch, Gotor, Elisabetta

“…We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension-based campaign on the adoption of soil and water conservation measures and welfare outcomes among farmers in Uganda. The experiment involves the use of mass media including radio programs and video shows, lecture trainings, and practical sessions involving demonstration trials and farmer field days in disseminating information pertinent to soil-improving and water conservation practices. …”
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Linkages between changes in land use land degradation and biodiversity. A preliminary investigation in S.W. Uganda. Part 1 por Pomeroy, D., Tukahirwa, J.M.B., Mugisha, S., Nanyunja, R., Namaganda, M., Chelimo, N.

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Linkages between changes in land use land degradation and biodiversity. A preliminary investigation in S.W. Uganda. Part 2 por Pomeroy, D., Tukahirwa, J.M.B., Mugisha, S., Nanyunja, R., Namaganda, M., Chelimo, N.

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Using a gender lens to explore farmers’ adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda por Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Owoyesigire B, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Chaudhury M

“…Uganda, and especially the Rakai district, is highly vulnerable to climate variability and likely to be amongst the worst hit under climate change. …”
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Improving livestock data: Core livestock indicators: Proceedings of a MAAIF-UBOS Workshop, Kampala, Uganda, 31 May 2012 por Livestock Data Innovation in Africa Project

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Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda por Chaudhury M, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Kyagazze F, Naab, Jesse B., Neelormi S

“…Bringing together gender experts and experienced agricultural research teams from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda, multiple methods were tested in the field, and refined through the lessons learned, to help inform future action research and development efforts towards enhancing communities’ and individuals’ (particularly women’s) access to, and use of, information and knowledge to help them adapt to climate variability through more resilient livelihoods and agro-ecosystems.…”
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Spatial and temporal risk factors for the early detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients in Tororo and Busia districts, Uganda por Odiit, M., Coleman, P.G., McDermott, John J., Fèvre, Eric M., Welburn, S.C., Woolhouse, Mark E.J.

“…Records of sleeping sickness patients from 1987 to 2001 from Tororo and Busia districts in Uganda were reviewed for their village of origin and clinical stage (early or late). …”
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The persistence of component Theileria parva stocks in cattle immunized with the ‘Muguga cocktail’ live vaccine against East Coast fever in Uganda por Oura, C.A.L., Bishop, Richard P., Wampande, E.M., Lubega, G.W., Tait, A.

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A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystem of Uganda por Mulumba, J.V., Nankya, R., Adokorach, Joyce, Kiwuka, C., Fadda, Carlo, Santis, P. de, Jarvis, Devra I.

“…Local crop varietal diversity of banana and plantain (*Musa* spp.) and common bean (*Phaseolus vulgaris*) was measured at the community and household levels within farmers' fields in four agro-ecological areas of Uganda. Resistance of traditional and modern varieties of *P. vulgaris* to anthracnose, angular leaf spot, and bean fly and of traditional and modern varieties of *Musa* spp. to black sigatoka, banana weevils and nematodes was assessed from participatory diagnostics of farmer knowledge and cross-site on-farm and on-station trials. …”
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