Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Are demonstration plots useful for learning & scaling the adoption of improved forages? por Sibiko, Kenneth W, Korir, Gilbert K., Pazos Cardenas, M, Mwendia, Solomon W, Burkart, Stefan, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer

“…Within the Grass 2 Cash @Scale project, we established over 2,400 forage demonstration plots or farms across Kenya and Uganda. On each established plot the project provided at least three varieties of Brachiaria hybrids, Brachiaria cultivars, Panicum maximum, and (in some cases) forage legumes and trees. …”
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More fruit diversity for food security por Carpentier, Sebastien, Machida, Lewis, Tazuba, Anthony Fredrick, Van Gils, Daan

“…Banana (Matooke) is a staple crop in Uganda and the east and central African region (Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and Democratic Republic of Congo). …”
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300,000+ African farmers overcome banana Xanthomonas wilt using Alliance-developed single diseased stem removal with other measures. por Blomme, Guy, Ocimati, Walter, Kikulwe, Enoch, Johnson, Vincent

“…SDSR has been adopted by > 300,000 banana farmers on >100,000 ha of bananas in Burundi, eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, providing 96% recovery in control costs and reducing BXW incidence to below 1% within 10 months, compared to traditional methods [2,3,4,5].…”
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Expert insight: combating Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) an interview with IITA's plant pathology por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Digital Revolution: Learning on CGIAR's Ways of Working por Highet, C., Theuri, George

“…Drawing on IAES Evaluation Function evaluations, Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) and CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) sources, 2025–30 Portfolio inception reports, external literature, and field evidence from the Republic of Uganda, the report synthesizes progress, challenges, and opportunities in implementing the WoWs. …”
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Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems por Ambler, Kate, Bloem, Jeffrey R., de Brauw, Alan, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Maruyama, Eduardo

“…Here, we outline four lessons from these efforts based on research conducted in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Uganda, and Viet Nam.…”
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What satellites see vs what pastoralists know: A mapping story from the Karamoja Cluster por Basel, Ashleigh, Chepngetich, Brenda, Tsoka, Jonathan, Kenduiywo, Benson, Craparo, Alessandro

“…Focusing on the Karamoja Cluster across Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, it shows why understanding mobility, drought, and resource tension requires seeing beyond what remote sensing alone can capture. …”
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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America por Sun, Y., Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the expected ways. …”
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Collaborative research on Sesbania in East and Southern Africa. Proceedings of a workshop por Kategile, J.A., Adoutan, S.B.

“…Initial screening research in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, ICRAF and Rwanda were reported at the Kisumu meeting and these showed that the genus is adaptable and promising. …”
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Population genetic structure and cladistic analysis of Trypanosoma brucei isolates por Agbo, E.C., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Büscher, Philippe, Majiwa, Phelix A.O., Claassen, E., Marinus, F.W.P.

“…Using a novel multilocus DNA marker analysis method, we studied the population genetic structure of Trypansoma brucei stocks and derived clones isolated from animal and rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients during a national sleeping sickness control program in Mukono district, Uganda. We then performed a cladistic analysis to trace relationships and evolution, using stocks and clones recovered from geographically and temporally matched hosts, including inter-strain comparisons with T. b. gambiense stocks and clones. …”
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Humoral immune responses to Theileria parva in cattle as measured by two-dimensional Western blotting por Kishima, M., Dolan, T.T., Njamunggeh, R.E.G., Nkonge, C.G., Spooner, P.R.

“…Molecular masses (Mr) of the PIM of the respective T. parva stocks were as follows: T. parva Muguga. 86 kDa; Mariakani. 83 kDa; Marikebuni. 83 kDa; Uganda, 83 kDa; T. parva Boleni, 83 kDa; and T. parva 7014, 100 kDa. …”
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Planning climate adaptation in agriculture por Kissinger, Gabrielle, Lee, D., Narasimhan, P, King’uyu, SM, Sova, Chase, Orindi, VA

“…This meta-synthesis of national climate change adaptation plans, policies and processes spans twelve countries at various stages of adaptation planning and implementation, in three priority CCAFS regions: West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Sénegal), East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal). …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, October–December 2013 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…We also share how researchers are applying social learning approaches in Uganda, working with farmers to develop drought resistant bean varieties. …”
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets, gender and intra-household dynamics: Does the choice of commodity matter? por Njuki, Jemimah, Kaaria, Susan K., Chamunorwa, A., Chiuri, Wanjiku L.

“…This article uses data from Malawi and Uganda to analyze what influences income distribution between men and women, focusing on the type of commodity, type of market and approaches used. …”
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Farmer participatory evaluation of legume cover crop and biomass transfer technologies for soil fertility improvement using farmer criteria, preference ranking and logit regression... por Nyende, P, Delve, Robert J.

“…Canavalia ensiformis, Crotalaria grahamiana, Dolichos lablab, Mucuna pruriens, Tephrosia vogellii and Tithonia diversifolia were evaluated as potential species for soil fertility replenishment in on-farm adaptive trials, farm visits and field days in Tororo District, eastern Uganda. Farmers used multiple criteria for assessing and selecting those species that fitted within their production systems and production objectives. …”
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises por Sanginga, Pascal C., Best, R., Chitsike, C., Delve, Robert J., Kaaria, Susan K., Kirkby, Roger A.

“…This approach, known as Participatory Market Research (PMR)—a component of the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) initiative—is being implemented and further refined by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in collaboration with research and development partners in Uganda, Malawi, and Tanzania.…”
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A review of agricultural, food security, food systems and climate change adaptation policies, institutions and actors in East Africa por Nzuma, J.M., Radeny, Maren A.O., Kinyangi, James, Cramer, Laura K.

“…This paper examines the various policies, institutions and actors related to climate change adaptation, food security, food system and agricultural development in East Africa—focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The paper combines a review of literature with key informant interviews from various actors in the four countries.…”
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Impact of science on African agriculture and food security por Anandajayasekeram, P., Rukani, M., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Liebenberg, F., Keswani, C.L.

“…Main topics of discussion include wheat and maize research in Kenya; sorgum, millet, groundnut and sunflower research in Zimbabwe; cassava research in Uganda; agricultural extension in Tanzania; the Sorghum and Millet Research Improvement Programme (SMIP); maize research in Ethiopia; impact of the Russian wheat aphid control programme; and wine grape and technology research in South Africa.…”
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Production records of lambs from East African Blackhead ewes and Dorset Horn rams por Trail, J.C.M., Sacker, G.D.

“…Dorset Horn rams were used on East African Blackhead sheep in western Uganda in mutton production through improved lamb growth. …”
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Will global warming affect the distribution and abundance of the sweetpotato butterfly Acraea acerata Hew. in Africa? por Okonya, J., Mujica, N., Carhuapoma, Pablo, Kroschel, Jürgen

“…Outbreaks of A. acerata are reported by farmers in Uganda to be more frequent than in the past 10 years. …”
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