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Closing the cassava yield gap: an analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa por Fermont, A.M., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Tittonell, Pablo A., Wijk, Mark T. van, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Using a series of farm surveys and on-farm and on-station trials in Uganda and western Kenya, we evaluated the importance of abiotic, biotic and associated crop management constraints for cassava production in a range of socio-economic settings as found in smallholder farms in the region. …”
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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers por Alwang, Jeffrey, Gotor, Elisabetta, Thiele, Graham, Hareau, Guy, Chamberlain, J.

“…The paper uses a double-hurdle estimation framework to model the adoption/area planted joint decision for maize farmers in Ethiopia and sweet potato farmers in Uganda. The focus of the analysis is the effect of poverty-related variables on adoption/area planted decisions. …”
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Inter-relationships among traits and path analysis for yield components of cassava: a search for storage root yield indicators por Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Rubaihayo, P., Whyte, J., Dixon, A., Osiru, D.

“…Research aimed at selecting varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) with potential for high storage root yields through identification of stable yield components that can be used as selection criteria was carried out at three locations of different altitudes in Uganda. Multiple regression and simple phenotypic correlation coefficients revealed that storage root number and storage root weight were important components in storage root yield across locations. …”
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A way out of food insecurity and poverty : the potential of using fly larvae composted faeces as organic fertiliser in sub-Saharan Africa agriculture por Chirere, Thabani Eddington Sithabile

“…Semistructured interviews were carried out and agricultural experts from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda were interviewed to see how farmers and consumers would perceive the use of human faeces as a fertiliser to produce their food, and try to understand the reason to their perceptions. …”

Promoting (pro) vitamin A-rich bananas: A chronology por Fongar, Andrea, Nabuuma, Deborah, Ekesa, Beatrice

“…Further, the focus was on the institutionalization of the cultivars as part of the national germplasm collection for continued and sustainable conservation and future use. Currently, in NARO-Uganda, TARI-Tanzania and ISABU-Burundi, the vitamin A-rich bananas are being integrated into the national banana germplasm collections. …”
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The Stepwise Smartphone Application Co-creation of innovative agricultural extension support tools por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…IITA partnered with Mango Tree, an educational, communication and design company based in Uganda (https://mangotreeuganda.org/) combining research and technical knowledge with creative expertise to develop an appealing and innovative application. …”
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A one-on-one approach to start institutionalising experience capitalization por Ayebare, Prudence

“…To encourage the adoption of the experience capitalization approach within the Uganda National Farmers Federation, those who had joined the CTA training workshops opted to share information and explain the main concepts and the steps involved to all team members through tailored one-on-one sessions. …”
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the research planning and training workshop,... por Vernooy, Ronnie, Halewood, Michael, Bioversity International

“…The project “Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture” brings together partners from eight countries: Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda; and other organizations. This report summarizes the research agendas on: policy actors and networks, germplasm flows and interdependence, technology transfer, and farmers’ involvement.…”
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the first project planning workshop, 6-10 Feb... por Vernooy, Ronnie, Bioversity International

“…This report summarizes the policy, research and capacity development activities that research teams from Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda and partner organizations will jointly carry out for the project “Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”.…”
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Investment in Climate Smart Livestock by German government por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…CCAFS funded ILRI research on improving emissions factors for East African livestock systems in part, enabled ILRI to work with BMZ and GIZ to develop a four year, 11 million Euro project to be implemented with the World Bank in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The project is the first climate change and livestock project to be funded by the German government. …”
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Diet Quality Questionnaire, a tool for collecting food intake data to draw conclusions about diet quality por CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…The Demographic and Healthy Survey in Uganda will use it in their next survey. In 2021, the Gallup World Poll incorporated the DQ-Q in 40 countries .…”
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CubicA - Agriculture Advisory App: The right information, at the right time, to the right farmer por CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

“…The team successfully completed four key stages: (i) Scoping including field work and user research, (ii) Design and Development of the recommender system, (iii) Deployment to 3000 smallholder farmers in Uganda, (iv) Testing and Evaluation confirming CubicA significantly increase the access to information by the farmers from 5 to 10%.…”
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Protocol for the collaboration between the national genebank and community seed banks por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The protocol was developed through a collaborative process and launched at the Guiding Seed Sector Transformation Conference of the ISSD Africa program. Kenya and Uganda endorsed the protocol, initiating new collaborative activities. …”
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Progress updates on pig and dairy value chains por Ouma, Emily A., Marshall, Karen, Lukuyu, Ben A., Dione, Michel M., Oba, Peter, Doyle, Rebecca, Hasahya, Emmanuel, Kugonza, Donald R., Ahumuza, Ronnie, Achandi, Esther L., Namatovu, Jane, Businge, Martha, Wairagala, Pamela N., Mukasa, Chris, Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher

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Nutrition and behaviour change communication strategies for Solomon Islands and Vanuatu por Ekesa, Beatrice, Nabuuma, Deborah

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Breeding in Africa for Africa por International Potato Center

“…By July 2016, e orts at CIP-Headquarters in Peru to systematically exploit heterosis were well advanced with testing of hybrid progenies underway following a full cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS). In Uganda, results on the potential to exploit heterosis con rm selecting strongly for virus resistance using RRS. …”
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Capacity Building in the Sweetpotato Weevil Resistance Research Component por International Potato Center

“…Introduction of this technology has involved the establishment of facilities in Kenya and Uganda where the work was to be carried out, building practical knowledge and communication skills of the personnel involved and the development of the new varieties. …”
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Extension services in Rwanda take up the volunteer farmer trainer approach por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The East Africa Dairy Development program successfully used the volunteer farmer trainer (VFT) approach in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. PIM-supported research on the VFT approach was in part responsible for its uptake by 21 development organizations in Rwanda. …”
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Food for Peace Reform Act por Glauber, Joseph W., Nabil, Ryan, Smith, Vincent H.

“…Millions are on the verge of starvation as humanitarian crises in Africa — from northern Uganda to Nigeria — intensify. In this environment of growing despair, the Food for Peace Reform Act, a new bill being introduced by Bob Corker and Christopher Coons of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, rekindles hope for much-needed reforms in U.S. emergency food aid programs. …”
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Community booklet on certified seed for rice por Lengewa, C., Mikhala, A., Aura, S., Amuda, A., Yila, Jummai, Bomuhangi, Allan, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Rice is an important food for many people in Uganda and across the world. It is a cereal grain that comes in various types such as long- grain, medium-grain, and short-grain. …”
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