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Seeds of resilience: novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation por Vernooy, Ronnie, Kiwuka, C.

“…Countries where the strategy has been piloted include Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, India, Madagascar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.…”
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Improving seed systems for smallholder farmers' food security. Report of the mid-term workshop of the project por López Noriega, Isabel

“…The project is funded by the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, coordinated by Bioversity International and carried out in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Uganda and Uzbekistan. The project started in 2012. …”
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Norms for multivariate diagnosis of nutrient imbalance in the east African highland bananas (Musa spp. AAA) por Wairegi, L.W.I., Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…Data on foliar nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium concentrations, and plant performance were obtained from 300 plots in Uganda. CND indices were closely related to DRIS and DRIS-Rd indices (R2 > 0.965). …”
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The effect of participation in the Ugandan National Agricultural Advisory Services on willingness to pay for extension services por James, P.A., Smart, J.C., Smith, J., Bulling, M.T., Beed, Fenton D., Luwandagga, D.

“…Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), established in 2001, is a demand-driven extension program for developing farmer organizations and improving farmer production and welfare. …”
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Onfarm participatory evaluation of East African highland banana Matooke hybrids (Musa spp.) por Nowankunda, K., Barekye Erima, R., Batte, M., Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K., Ssali, R.T.

“…The 18‘Matooke’ hybrids (17 with AAA genome; one with AAAA genome) and a localcultivar were planted in farmers’ fields in Kasangombe sub-county, Nakasekedistrict in Central Uganda. The hybrids were evaluated for consumer acceptability,black Sigatoka resistance and agronomic performance The ‘Matooke’ hybrids ‘M2’,‘M9’, ‘M14’ and ‘M17’ (AAA genome) were selected as the most acceptable hybrids,combining high yields with resistance to black Sigatoka.…”
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Rapid and efficient production of transgenic East African highland banana (Musa spp.) using intercalary meristematic tissues por Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.N., Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.

“…In particular, the East African Highland Banana serves as the major staple crop of countries like Uganda, but production is constrained by a number of serious pests and diseases. …”
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Role of insects in the transmission of banana bacterial wilt por Tinzaara, William, Gold, C., Ssekiwoko, F., Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Abera, A., Eden-Green, S.

“…The banana bacterial wilt caused by the Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm) is one of the major constraints to banana production in Uganda. Field observations suggest that the primary means of disease spread is by insect transmission through the male flowers. …”
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Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world por Thornton, Philip K., Kruska, Russell L., Henninger, N., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Reid, Robin S., Atieno, F., Odero, A.N., Ndegwa, T.

“…This includes mapping a global livestock production system classification, using definitions based on agroclimatology and human population density; mapping human population growth scenarios to 2050 for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Central and South America (CSA), and Asia; development of climate surfaces for Africa to 2050 as predicted from the downscaling of results from coarse-resolution global climate change models; mapping the livestock system classification for Africa to 2050 as driven by predicted changes in human population and climate; mapping district - and province - level poverty data for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as an example of high-resolution poverty data for more effective targeting of development assistance. …”
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Introducing orange sweet potato: Tracing the evolution of evidence on its effectiveness por de Brauw, Alan, Gilligan, Daniel O., Low, Jan W.

“…We trace projects from a small trial in 10 villages in western Kenya through the Reaching End Users program in Mozambique and Uganda that reached thousands of households in both countries, while demonstrating that households receiving integrated programs teaching them to grow OSP and the nutritional benefits of vitamin A had notable impacts on the probability of vitamin A deficiency and on biological markers for vitamin A in women of child-bearing age and young children, relative to members of households not selected for participation. …”
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Food Safety Training Workshop. Theme: Managing food safety and quality in small-scale food processing for Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. por Musyoka, J., Njunge, F., Muzhingi, T.

“…The training was attended by 27 participants (15 men and 12 women) from 11 countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, Tanzania, DRC, Malawi, USA, and UK). …”
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Development of improved plantain/banana germplasm with black sigatoka resistance por Ortíz, R., Vuylsteke, D.R., Ferris, R.

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A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa por van Koppen, Barbara, Schreiner, B.

“…A new study conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Pegasys Institute, with support from the UK government, traces the origins of these systems, and describes their implementation and consequences for rural smallholders in five countries – Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The authors of this report propose a hybrid water use rights system to decolonize Africa’s water law, lighten the administrative burden on the state and make legal access to water more equitable. …”
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Transferencia de tecnología en plátano en lotes comerciales demostrativos en el departamento de Arauca 1994: informe final. por Rendón Loaiza, Walter de Jesús

“…Colombia ocupa el tercer lugar en el mundo en la producción de plátano, después de países africanos como Uganda y Ruanda siendo la producción anual del país de mas de 2.5 millones de toneladas métricas, el consumo per cápita del producto es de cerca de 7. 1 kilos y los departamentos más consumidores son Valle del Cauca, Quindío, Risaralda y los departamentos de la Costa Atlántica.…”
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Report of the NGO Committee to the CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 1998 por CGIAR NGO Committee

“…An oral report was made to the CGIAR, and this written version was circulated later.The meeting reviewed Committee activities since International Centers Week 1997, including follow-up of the workshop on soil fertility replacement with ICRAF and NGOs in Mali, Cameroon, and Uganda, Committee sponsored farmers meetings in Kenya, Sri Lanka, and Ecuador to discuss research needs and the CGIAR response, and interactions with TAC, the Private Sector Committee, and GFAR. …”
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Shaping resilience: Gender insights on weather and climate information services in East Africa por Ouya, Fredrick, Lutomia, Cosmas, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Kagabo, Desire, Nchanji, Eileen

“…This study revealed significant gendered disparities in accessing and utilising Weather and Climate Information Services (WCIS) across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. Men, women, and youths mainly accessed WCIS through television, radio, extension officers, and social media platforms like YouTube. …”
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Eastern Africa Root Crops Research Network (EARRNET) legacy; performance report: 20042007 por Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Okidi, J.

“…During the two 5-year consecutives phases ( 1994–1998 and 1999–2003) EARRNET operated considerably among the national cassava research programs of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Uganda. After 2000, the network expanded significantly with activities in Southern Sudan and Ethiopia with a mission to transform cassava into a broad-based commercial commodity for sustained food security, poverty alleviation, and income generation through integrated regional production, utilization, marketing, and trade. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to common bacterial blight (xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli) disease and yield of common bean por Divage, Belarmino

“…The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a legume grain crop with great importance in East Africa, being a source of food and income for most rural households. In Uganda, common bean is a major source of food security being a readily available and popular food to both the urban and rural population. …”
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A Multi-Objective Model Exploration of Banana-Canopy Management and Nutrient Input Scenarios for Optimal Banana-Legume Intercrop Performance por Ocimate, Walter, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Blomme, Guy, Timler, Carl J., Remans, Roseline, Taulya, Godfrey, Ntamwira, Jules, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

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The impact of interventions in the global land and agri-food sectors on nature’s contributions to people and the UN sustainable development goal por McElwee, Pamela, Calvin, Katherine, Campbell, Donovan, Cherubini, Francesco, Grassi, Giacomo, Korotkou, Vladimir, Hoang, Anh Le, Shuaib, Lwasa, Johnson, Nkem, Ephraim, Nkonya, Nobuko, Saigusa, Soussana, Jean-Francois, Taboada, Miguel Angel, Manning, Frances, Nampanzira, Dorothy, Smith, Pete

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Cleaning process of abattoir wastewater with focus on bacterial pathogens por Thorell, Johan

“…This study was conducted at the City Abattoir in Kampala, Uganda to evaluate the cleaning process, with focus on bacterial pathogens, in a pilot scale integrated bioprocess. …”
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