Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Community-based breeding programs upscaled in Ethiopia and other African countries through partners por CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…The genetic gains and socio-economic successes of the programs have led to their adoption and implementation by various partners in Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, South Africa and Burkina Faso…”
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Seed Hubs for East and Southern Africa: Mobilizing knowledge and resources for resilient seed systems por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Through an iterative process of consultations, including with lead PGR and seed organizations in East and Southern Africa, a detailed document was produced outlining the key features of the proposed sub-hubs, which has been acknowledged/endorsed by leading national organizations in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.…”
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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)-Calculator tool for farm level monitoring of performance, synergies and trade-offs por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…To strengthen the quantitative assessment of CSA effect on farm level performance, the tool was adjusted to allow a more generic assessment of farming systems adapting it to the farming characteristics of 8 CSVs (Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uganda, Nepal, Bangladesh) and included it in the ICT-based CSV monitoring tool.…”
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How policies influence smallholder farmers’ access to and use of genetic resources in three East African countries por Otieno, Gloria, Sikinyi, Evans, Vernooy, Ronnie, Fadda, Carlo, Halewood, Michael

“…It analyzes the current policy environment in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and identifies key policy-related gaps and challenges related to the utilization of genetic resources, and further proposes a strategy/roadmap for policy and institutional reforms to address these gaps and challenges.…”
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Strengthening the Role of Universities in the National Agricultural Research Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Highlights of a Workshop por Michelsen, Heike, Shapiro, D.

“…The workshop synthesized the experiences and results of the six case studies carried out in the project in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte-d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The overall purpose was to draw lessons and identify procedures for improving universities' research performance and links with other components of the national agricultural research systems. …”
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What changed when Ugandan farmers rated input quality and local vendor services por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Miehe, Caroline, Spielman, David J., Sparrow, Robert

“…Each agricultural season, small-scale maize farmers in southeastern Uganda face the same dilemma. Should they shell out a few extra shillings and buy commercial maize seed from the nearby agro-input shop, or should they just plant seed saved from the previous harvest?…”
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Meals for nutrition: Orange sweet potato and iron beans products: Recipe book por HarvestPlus, Kyazike, Laira, Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza

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Gambling, saving, and lumpy liquidity needs por Herskowitz, Sylvan

“…With a sample of 1,708 sports bettors in Kampala, Uganda, I show that participants’ targeted payouts are linked to anticipated expenditures, while winnings increase lumpy expenditures disproportionately. …”
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Farm and Family Balance Baseline Survey por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Sample consists of married sugarcane farmers associated with a large sugar company near Jinja, Uganda. All eligible farmers who agreed to participate are included. …”
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Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa (LANEA) Country Report – Ethiopia por Beyero, Mesfin, Hodge, Judith, Lewis, Amanda

“…LANEA (Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa) is an IFPRI/FAO research initiative carried out in Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya to investigate opportunities and challenges related to scaling up impact on nutrition through the food and agriculture sector. …”
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Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa (LANEA) Country Report – Kenya por Wagah, Margaret, Hodge, Judith, Lewis, Amanda

“…LANEA (Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa) is an IFPRI/FAO research initiative carried out in Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya to investigate opportunities and challenges related to scaling up impact on nutrition through the food and agriculture sector. …”
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Using cognitive pretesting to improve the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey por Kovarik, Chiara, Malapit, Hazel J., Sproule, Kathryn

“…This presentation uses the example of cognitively pretesting the revised Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index in Uganda and Bangladesh to explore how this method was used to create a questionnaire that more accurately captures the challenging topic of women’s empowerment. …”
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Building impact at scale: Scaling up agri-food interventions from the Rethinking Food Markets initiative por Black, Naomi

“…In September and October, a series of highly anticipated workshops took place in three of the countries that have been testing grounds for sustainable and inclusive agri-food system interventions in the RFM initiative: Nigeria; Uganda, and Ethiopia. These workshops focused on assessing whether the variety of intervention bundles that have been tested across the different country contexts, and commodities had the potential to be scaled, and, if so, what could be done by stakeholders to properly prepare the enabling environments so that they could thrive.…”
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Engeri abaami okulya awalala awatali waka gye kikosamu endya ennungi mu maka por CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity

“…Cultural norms and practices in Uganda’s central region impact household nutrition. …”
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Engabanya y'emmere ne ky'ekola ku by'endya mu maka por CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity

“…Cultural norms and practices in Uganda’s central region impact household nutrition. …”
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Testing pioneer positive deviance in Colombia por Vanegas, Carlos José

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been testing the adaptation pioneers approach in the Program for Climate-Smart Livestock (PCSL) in African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Interventions in the field have identified a significant human resource pool in these countries with potential capabilities to boost the processes of replication and scaling up of good climate change adaptation practices to a broader level. …”
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The Kanyana food challenge: Food systems mapping por Linderhof, Vincent, Dijkxhoorn, Youri, Onyango, Joel, Fongar, Andrea, Nalweyiso, Martha

“…The project is explored in Accra (Ghana), Cape Town (South Africa) and Kampala (Uganda). The project is funded by the EU and national donors. …”
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Primary education as an input into post-primary education: a neglected benefit por Appleton, Simon, Hoddinott, John F., Knight, John

“…An application of the model to two countries — Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda — doubles the primary rate of return in each case.…”
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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Capacity Building Training Workshop por Bonilla Anariba, Sara, Adam, Rahma, Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Njuguna, Ruth

“…This three-and-half day Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) training workshop was designed to equip researchers and partners of AABS and NARES from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda with foundational GESI knowledge and the tools needed to conduct gender research and design development interventions within AFS. …”
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Towards digital solutions for VPC germplasm management in Africa por Gatimu, R., Ogero, K.

“…This technical brief outlines the process of developing digital systems for managing germplasm of vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs) — including sweetpotato, potato, banana, yam, and cassava — across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Led by CIP in collaboration with IITA and KEPHIS, the initiative developed a blueprint for sustainable digital transformation and informed the creation of the Roots, Tubers and Banana East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory (RTB-EAGEL) digital system. …”
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