Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Mobile payments: How digital finance is transforming agriculture por Babcock, Lee H.

“…The study was carried out using three case studies; SmartMoney from Uganda, NWK Agri-Services from Zambia and Rice Mobile Finance (RiMFin) from Ghana.…”
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Policy action for climate change adaptation project: Learning Alliance report por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…The Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (PACCA) project sought to influence and link policies and institutions from national to local level for the development and adoption of climate-resilient food systems in Uganda and Tanzania through the integration of the scientific community with various policy actors.…”
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Socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of technologies that promote sequestration of soil carbon in East Africa por Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Anyango Jalang'o, Dorcas, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

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Building the capacity of Kenya's farmer organisations por Rutere, Gervasio

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Value addition through digitalization for Ugandan coffee farmers por Muwonge, David

“…A digital farmer profiling initiative, which enables coffee to be traced back to its roots, is paying off for smallholder farmers in Uganda. NUCAFE's David Muwonge describes how coffee produced under the scheme is fetching far higher prices, revealing the strong potential of geo-referencing as a marketing tool to guarantee authenticity and origin.…”
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Evaluation of banana germplasm and genetic analysis of an F 1 population for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 por Arinaitwe, I.K., Teo, C.H., Kayat, F., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Uwimana, Brigitte, Kubiriba, Jerome, Swennen, Rony L., Harikrishna, J.A., Othman, R.Y

“…Foc race 1 in particular is very devastating to dessert bananas in Uganda. One of the effective control strategies for the disease is the development of resistant cultivars through breeding. …”
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Effectiveness of pyramided genes in conferring resistance to anthracnose disease in common bean populations por Kiryowa, Moses J., Nkalubo, Stanley T., Mukankusi, Clare, Male, Allan, Tukamuhabwe, Phineas, Rubaihayo, P., Gibson, Paul T.

“…These results indicate that pyramiding of resistance genes would be effective for disease management in Uganda, but pyramids with Co-9 gene would be less effective.…”
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Scoping the implementation of recommendations from previous early generation seed studies in sub-Saharan Africa por Opie, Hellen, Akpo, Essegbemon, Desmae, Haile, Okori, Patrick, Ininda, Jane, Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng

“…Despite the list of countries in which the studies were conducted, this study only focused on the implementation of recommendations in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria. …”
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WFP Cash, Food, and Voucher Study in Ecuador por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The preschools, operating in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda, are supported by UNICEF and managed by District representatives of the Government of Uganda. …”
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On-farm evaluation of cassava clones using the triadic comparison of technology options approach por Nanyonjo, Ann Ritah, Angudubo, Stephen, Iragaba, Paula, Brown, David, Nuwamanya, Ephraim, Esuma, Williams, Ozimati, Alfred, Wembabazi, Enoch, Kanaabi, Michael, Muhumuza, Nicholas, Bayiyana, Irene, van Etten, Jacob, de Sousa, Kaue, Tufan, Hale, Kawuki, Robert Sezi

“…The study involved 10 districts in Uganda, two cycles/seasons of evaluation, 20 elite cassava clones, one check variety, and 294 men and 320 women farmers. …”
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Variety use and preferences among smallholder sweetpotato farmers and how best to improve their access to quality seed: A gendered perspective and implications for breeding program... por Bayiyana, I., Okello, J.J., Ojwang, S.O., Mulwa, C.K., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Mayanja, S., Ssali, R.T., Namanda, S., Kemigisha, D., Lagerkvist, Carl Johan

“…Uganda is a secondary centre of diversity of sweetpotato with most farmers maintaining at least four varieties in their fields. …”
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Águas Subterrâneas para o Progresso da Resiliência (G4DR) em África por International Water Management Institute

“…Financiado pelo Fundo Mundial para o Meio Ambiente (GEF) e implementado pela Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO), o projeto é executado pelo Instituto Internacional de Gestão da Água (IWMI) em parceria com parceiros-chave, nomeadamente, o Conselho de Ministros Africanos da Água (AMCOW), o Instituto Internacional de Análise de Sistemas Aplicados (IIASA), a Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral – Instituto de Gestão das Águas Subterrâneas (SADC-GMI) e os ministérios nacionais da água no Benim, Malawi, Moçambique, Togo e Uganda. O projeto tem três locais piloto - Aquífero Shire (Malawi e Moçambique), Zona de Gestão das Águas do Alto Nilo (Uganda) e Bacia do Rio Mono (Benim e Togo), que serão áreas para apresentar soluções práticas em gestão, monitorização e governação das águas subterrâneas; contribuindo para os resultados mais amplos do projeto, que incluem a integração das águas subterrâneas no planejamento nacional e regional, fortalecendo os dados e a governança em nível de bacia, aumentando a capacidade e facilitando uma maior inclusão de mulheres e jovens na tomada de decisões.…”
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Assessing herbicide use and hand weeding efficacy in groundnut production intensification por Anguria, Paul, Akpo, Essegbemon, Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng, Ugen, Michael A.

“…Poor and costly weed management constrains Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) production in Uganda. A field|study was therefore conducted at the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), Serere,Uganda during the long rains of 2020 and 2021 and short rains of 2020 to evaluate the efficacy of hand weeding and different herbicides on weed management, yield, and the economics of their use in groundnut. …”
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Creative communications campaign fostering social learning loops por Harvey, Blane, Ensor, Jonathan, Garside, Ben, Woodend, John, Naess, Lars Otto, Carlile, Liz

“…Kabarole Research Centre (KRC, an NGO) started a radio food security awareness raising campaign for farmer groups in Western Uganda. More than 144 radio drama series on the topic of food security were performed and aired on radio as an entertaining means of discussing the topic. …”
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Molecular, morphological and agronomic characterization of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) germplasm collection from Mozambique: Genotype selection for drought prone regions por Maquia, I., Muocha, I., Naico, A., Martins, N., Gouveia, M., Andrade, I., Goulao, L.F., Ribeiro, A.I.

“…This collection, composed by 44 accessions, comprises 28 genotypes cultivated in three different provinces of Mozambique (Gaza, Inhambane and Zambezia), nine from other African countries (Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe), one from the United States of America, and six from CGIAR research centers (IITA and CIP). …”
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Introduced banana hybrids in Africa: seed systems, farmers' experiences and consumers' perspectives por Karamura, E.B., Tinzaara, William, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Ochola, D., Ocimati, W., Karamura, D.

“…This study analyses the seed systems used to avail the genotypes to the target users, discusses farmers' experiences and consumers' perspectives in five countries NDASH Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. The study reveals that materials came from the International Transit Centre as tissue culture plantlets (rooting or proliferating), from private companies such as Du Roi, South Africa and from the national and international breeding programs such as NARO-Uganda and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. …”
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Analyse von on-site und off-site Faktoren der hydrologischen Feuchtgebietsdegradation in Ostafrika por Beuel, S., Álvarez, M., Amler, E., Behn, K., Kleißler, K., Kotze, D., Kreye, C., Leemhuis, C., Wagner, K., Ziegler, S., Willy, D.K.

“…Dieser Ansatz wird in der vorliegenden Studie in Verknüpfung mit einer neu entwickelten Methode, die auf der Untersuchung von repräsentativen Untersuchungsquadraten (250m x 250m) beruht, mit besonderem Fokus auf die Hydrologie auf vier Untersuchungsgebiete in den ostafrikanischen Ländern Kenia, Ruanda, Tansania und Uganda angewandt.…”
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Phenological development of East African highland banana involves tradeoffs between physiological age and chronological age por Taulya, Godfrey, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Leffelaar, P.A., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…The physiological age of highland banana plants from field trials at Kawanda (centralUganda) and Ntungamo (south-western Uganda) was computed from daily temperature records. …”
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Abiotic constraints override biotic constraints in East African highland banana systems por Wairegi, L.W.I., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Tenywa, M.M., Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…Banana is the primary food crop in Uganda, but yields are low due to a complex of abiotic and biotic constraints. …”
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The International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN) in Africa: improving capacity for diagnosing diseases of banana (Musa spp.) and other African crops por Beed, Fenton D., Miller, S.A., Momol, M.T., Gilbertson, R., Kinyua, Z.M., Xin, J., García, L., Harmon, C.L., Vergot, P.

“…Training programs were conducted in Benin in2006, Kenya and the United States of America in 2007, and Uganda and Mali in2008, to enhance technical capacity amongst diagnosticians in East and West Africa.Initiatives such as IPDN can benefit by collaboration with other similar internetbasedinitiatives in Africa. …”
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