Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

The institutional and regional context por Prain, Gordon

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Climate Change affects everyone - Developed and Developing countries por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Ephraim Kamuntu, Minister for Water and the Environment of Uganda says that Climate Change affects every country. …”
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Integration of forage legumes with cereal crops for improved food and feed production for smallholder dairy production system por Mpairwe, D.R.

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Biomass production of maize (Zea mays, L.) intercropped with selected forage legumes for food and feed in smallholder farming systems por Mwebaze, S.

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Transforming agriculture for better incomes and diets in Africa por Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

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Understanding gender dynamics and their contribution to designing ‘winning’ sweetpotato postharvest interventions. por Mayanja, S., Kyalo, Gerald, Babirye, G., Namanda, S., Ssekyewa, H.

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Approaches for yam germplasm conservation por Ng, N., Ng, S.

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Eradication of human African trypanosomiasis? Don't forget the pigs! por Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia, Mehlitz, D., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Pigs are increasingly important as a source of income and food for smallholder livestock farmers in East Africa, especially in Uganda where both forms of HAT as well as AAT are endemic. …”
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Production variability and adaptation strategies of Ugandan smallholders in the face of climate variability and market shocks por Wichern, Jannike, Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Giller, Kenneth E., Descheemaeker, Katrien K.

“…Climate-related variability in crop production and market price variability affect food and income security of Uganda's rural households. We used household surveys from two contrasting sites in Uganda to quantify the relationships between crop production variability, adaptation strategies and household resource characteristics. …”
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A field experiment on bargaining for seed reveals bias against women agripreneurs: Summary of findings and policy recommendations por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nabwire, Leocardia

“…This policy note summarizes results from a Lab-in-the-field experiment1 in eastern Uganda, where a representative sample of 760 smallholder maize farmers were given the opportunity to bargain over a bag of maize seed from either a male or female seller. …”
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Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures por Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., Recalde, Maria P.

“…We study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda. We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that measure preferences for resource allocation and the extent to which those preferences are reflected in joint decisions. …”
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The research and implementation continuum of biofortified sweet potato and maize in Africa por Tanumihardjo, Sherry A., Ball, Anna-Marie, Kaliwile, Chisela, Pixley, Kevin V.

“…This review includes case studies of biofortification strategies used for sweet potato in Uganda and orange maize in Zambia. The current status of the science and release of biofortified varieties was reviewed by three scientists who were part of the HarvestPlus program for more than a decade with input from a scientist who experienced orange maize dissemination in Zambia. …”
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Maize flour fortification in Africa: Markets, feasibility, coverage, and costs por Fiedler, John L., Afidra, Ronald, Mugambi, Gladys, Tehinse, John, Kabaghe, Gladys, Zulu, Rodah, Lividini, Keith, Smitz, Marc-Francois, Jallier, Vincent, Guyondet, Christophe, Bermudez, Odilia

“…The economic feasibility of maize flour and maize meal fortification in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia is assessed using information about the maize milling industry, households’ purchases and consumption levels of maize flour, and the incremental cost and estimated price impacts of fortification. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure in banana (Musa spp.) breeding germplasm por Akech, V., Bengstsson, T., Ortiz, R., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., Ferreira, C.F., Amah, D., Amorim, E.P., Blisset, E., Van den Houwe, I., Arinaitwe, I.K., Nice, L., Bwesigye, P., Tanksley, S., Uma, S., Suthanthiram, B., Saraswathi, M.S., Mduma, H., Brown, A.

“…We evaluated 856 Musa accessions from the breeding programs of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture of Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda; the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda; the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa); and the National Research Centre for Banana of India. …”
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Structural, Physicochemical, and Digestion Properties of Sweetpotato Starches por Alayouni, R., Muzhingi, T., Nakitto, M., Baride, A., Yao, T., Janaswamy, S.

“…The findings provide valuable insights into using sweetpotato varieties grown in Uganda for various food and non-food applications.…”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) on Clean Energy Options for Sustaining Agricultural Productivity Course Module por Ekepu, David, Nakayiwa, Florence Mayega, Majaliwa, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo, Karume, Katcho

“…Majaliwa Mwanjalolo, RUFORUM Secretariat, Uganda. The training was conducted on zoom. During the four (4) days of the training, approximately 167 participants (Male=64% and Female=36%) attended the training. …”
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Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site socio-economic baseline study por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pali, Pamela N., Oduol, Judith, Andam, Kwaw S., Kato, Edward

“…The Lake Kivu Learning Site (LKPLS) was established as a pilot site over three countries: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda. The LKPLS has been set to test the following hypotheses (Bekunda, et al., 2005): (i) Strong producer organizations have increased bargaining power and ability to collectively market produce and thus increase returns (income) to land and labor. …”
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Benefits of participatory plant breeding (PPB) as exemplified by the first-ever officially released PPB-bred sweet potato cultivar por Gibson, R.W., Mpembe, I., Mwanga, Robert O.M.

“…NASPOT 11 is a recently released sweet potato cultivar, bred by participatory plant breeding (PPB) in Uganda. It is already grown extensively by farmers who call it Tomulabula. …”
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Risk of banana Xanthomonas wilt spread through trade por Nakato, V., Beed, Fenton D., Ramathani, I., Rwomushana, I., Opio, F.

“…Samples of banana fingers and rachis from markets within Kampala, Uganda and at border points of Uganda with DR Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya were tested for the presence of Xcm through recovery of the bacterium onto semi-selective media. …”
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Emergence, spread and strategies for controlling the pandemic of cassava mosaic virus disease in east and central Africa por Legg, James P.

“…During the 1990s, an epidemic of an unusually severe form of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) has expanded to cover virtually all of Uganda, and substantial areas in the neighbouring countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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