Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries por Segnon, Alcade, Zougmore, Robert

“…These modules were integrated into three BSc programs (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) and a newly created MSc specialization (Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Cote d’Ivoire); and informed a new MSc program (Makerere University, Uganda) on Green Economy and Climate Finance, ultimately generating future expertise to transform African agriculture and food systems.…”
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Behavioural nudges for promoting supply and demand for quality seed of improved sweetpotato varieties por Okello, J.J., Rajendran, S., Ogero, K.

“…This research brief evaluates the use of behavioral “nudges” to enhance demand and adoption of certified sweetpotato seed among smallholder farmers in Uganda. A randomized controlled trial was implemented in Amuria District with 1,200 farmers across 120 villages, divided into treatment and control groups. …”
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Improved nutrient management regime for production of early generation seed of sweetpotato in the screenhouse por Atugonza, K., Omongo, C., Musana, P., Namanda, S.

“…This research brief summarizes a nutrient optimization experiment conducted at Uganda’s National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) in 2023–2024 to enhance sweetpotato pre-basic seed production in screenhouse conditions. …”
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Gender-Responsive Business Planning for Commercial Seed Production of Vegetatively Propagated Crops (VPCs) por Mayanja, S., Rajendran, S., Ogero, K.

“…This brief presents outcomes from a regional workshop on gender-responsive business planning for commercial seed production of vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs)—including cassava, banana, and sweetpotato—held in Kampala, Uganda, from 7–10 July 2025. Organized by the International Potato Center (CIP) and NARO under the PROSSIVA project, the workshop trained 20 participants on integrating gender and inclusion into seed business models using tools such as the Value Proposition Canvas, Business Model Canvas, and Business Investment Decision (BID) tool. …”
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Why forests are important for global poverty alleviation: a spatial explanation por Sunderlin, William D., Dewi, S., Puntodewo, A., Muller, D., Angelsen, A., Epprecht, M.

“…We conducted a spatial analysis to ascertain the degree of spatial association between poverty and forests in seven countries: Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam. For most of these countries, there was a significant positive correlation between high natural forest cover and high poverty rate (the percentage of the population that is poor) and between high forest cover and low poverty density (the number of poor per unit area). …”
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Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation por Zerbini, E., Shapiro, Barry I., Chirgwin, J.C.

“…Countries involved in the study include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China and India.…”
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Characterization of maize producing households in drought prone regions of Eastern Africa por Erenstein, Olaf, Kassie, Girma T., Langyintuo A, Mwangi W

“…The study characterized farm households in the drought prone maize growing areas of eastern Africa synthesizing data from parallel household surveys in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The study provides a comparative analysis of the farm households’ assets, livelihood strategies and crop management practices, with an emphasis on maize and maize seed. …”
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Farmer seed enterprises: a sustainable approach to seed delivery? por David, S.

“…Drawing on experiences in Uganda with the common bean, the paper proposes seed production by farmer seed enterprises (FSEs) as a strategy for meeting dual objectives: to sustainably distribute and promote modern crop varieties and to establish a regular source of “clean” seed of either local or modern varieties. …”
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Quality and safety of small scale beef products in East and Central Africa. por Kurwijila, Lusato R., Birungi, Rosemirta, Makokha, S., Musahara, H., Otika, L., Adissu, A., Omore, Amos O.

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Influence of social networks on the adoption of climate smart technologies in East Africa: Findings from two surveys and participatory exercises with farmers and local experts por Bedmar Villanueva, Ana, Jha Y, Ogwal-Omara, Richard, Welch, Eric W., Seyoum Wedajoo A, Halewood, Michael

“…By conducting a network analysis and participatory exercises with district officials and farmers in Lushoto (Tanzania) and Rakai (Uganda), the study assesses the extent to which farmers are adopting agricultural practices and correlates the findings about the size and “make up” of the networks in which the farmers are embedded.…”
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Opportunities for sustainable, green and inclusive agricultural value chains in ACP countries por Westlake, M.J.

“…The text addresses concerns of efficiency and sustainability: the selected chains – which range from rubber processed in Cameroon to hot peppers grown in Jamaica, from sugarcane milled in Uganda to mangoes exported from Haiti and papaya grown on Fiji – all had to prove to be sustainable or to have the potential to be sustainable. …”
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Management of Nere (Parkia biglobosa) in farmers’ fields in Burkina Faso (West Africa) por Zerbo, G.B., Millogo, D., Lompo, D.J.-P., Ouédraogo, M., Duminil, J., Manica, M., Vinceti, B.

“…Parkia biglobosa (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) is one of the most important and widespread trees in agroforestry systems from Senegal to Uganda. The National Tree Seed Center (CNSF) of Burkina Faso has developed a breeding and improvement program for this multipurpose tree. …”
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Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience por Mulambu, J., Andersson, Meike S., Palenberg, M., Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., Saltzman, Amy, Birol, Ekin, Oparinde, A., Boy, Erick, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Nkalubo, Stanley T.

“…HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. …”
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Enhancing the benefits of value chain development: Addressing gender disparities in Kenyan and Ugandan common bean value chains por Wilkus, Erin Lynn, Francesconi, Gian N.

“…The analysis is based on empirical evidence from female and male small and medium enterprise (SME) owners along the common bean value chain that served urban and peri-urban bean markets in Kenya and Uganda. The value chain was evaluated based on cross-sectional data collected from 349 interconnected small and medium enterprises (SMEs). …”
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Technical report: efficacy of pruning, waxing and relative humidity storage in extending shelf-life of fresh cassava roots. Extending the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots for incr... por Muyinza, H., Nuwamanya, E., Wanda, K., Waigumba, S.P., Kwagala, I., Nyamutoka, P., Menya, G., Aceng, S., Nyakaisiki, E., Kaliisa, R., Abass, A., Matovu, Moses

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Endophytic Beauveria bassiana in banana (Musa spp.) reduces banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) fitness and damage por Akello, J., Dubois, T., Coyne, Danny L., Kyamanywa, S.

“…The effect of endophytic Beauveria bassiana in banana (Musa spp.) plants against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus was examined in a screenhouse study in Uganda. Tissue-cultured banana plants (cv. Kibuzi, genome group EA-AAA) were inoculated by dipping roots in a B. bassiana suspension of 1.5 × 107 conidiaml for 2 h. …”
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Strategies to resistance to bacterial wilt disease of banana through genetic engineering por Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.N., Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.

“…The livelihoods of millions of Ugandan farmers have been threatened by current outbreak of a banana bacterial wilt disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, which is very destructive and rapidly spreading in Uganda. Bananas are the highest value staple food and source of income for millions of people in this region. …”
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Baseline data for Farm level and community aggregate economic impacts of adopting Climate Smart Agricultural Practices in three Mega Environments por Le, Lan, Sain, Gustavo, Czaplicki, Stanislaw, Guerten, Nora, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Grosjean, Godefroy, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…The data includes baseline surveys of 170 farmers in Vietnam, 180 farmers in Nicaragua and 1330 farmers in Uganda. Survey questions covered a wide range of topics ranging from demographic, socio-economic data, social capital, land use and land tenure; perception of current and future climate risks and associated impact; labors and crops production activities. …”
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La mancha negra de los cítricos causada por 'Phyllosticta citricarpa' por Vicent, Antonio, Mira, José L.

“…La mancha negra está ampliamente distribuida en los países citrícolas de Sudamérica, como Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay así como en Australia, China y en diferentes regiones del continente africano como Sudáfrica, Ghana y Uganda entre otras. La enfermedad se detectó en el año 2010 en Florida (EE UU), siendo ésta la primera cita en Norteamérica (EFSA, 2014).…”
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Genetic Variation, Diversity and Genotype by Environment Interactions of Nutritional Quality traits in East African Sweetpotato por Tumwegamire, S.

“…The former three accessions are released in Uganda, and represent the potential gains in breeding for orange-fleshed sweetpotato clones with high root yields, dry matter and β-carotene. …”
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