Search Results - "Uganda"

Milk sample testing portal by Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…As part of a research project to improve the quality of milk in dairy value chains in Uganda, researchers from the CGIAR Rethinking Food Markets Initiative together with the Dairy Development Authority installed about 75 milk analyzers in randomly selected Milk Collection Centers in Mbarabra, Kirihura, Kazoo and Ntungamo. …”
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Identification of competitive high yielding and stress tolerant demand-driven common bean varieties for key agro-ecologies and cropping systems in East and Southern Africa by Mukankusi, Clare, Mamo, Teshale Assefa, Nkhata, Wilson, Amongi, Winnyfred, Nkalubo, Stanley, Kilango, Michael, Mbiu, Julius, Misango, Shamir, Antonio, David, Chisale, Virginia

“…The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT through Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) supported ten national bean breeding programs that included Department of Agriculture Research Services (DARS) -Malawi, Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Uyole)-Tanzania, National Research Agronomic Research Institute (AII) Botswana, National Agriculture Research Development Institute (NARDC) Angola in the Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN) and Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Maruku), Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI-Selian), Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO-Kakamega), National Agricultural Crops Research Resources institute (NACRRI-Uganda) and the Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR-Melkassa), to select new bean varieties that are suitable for the diverse agro-ecologies and cropping systems. …”
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The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator: cohort one. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion technical assistance report by Njiru, A., Bohjanen, C., Sewe, L., Nortje, Karen, Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah

“…In the inaugural CFSA cohort, 10 agribusinesses (Accelerator Partners) were supported from Kenya (4), Rwanda (2) Uganda (2), and Zambia (2).…”
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CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative-TASAI workshop organized on measuring inclusive access to quality seed by Puskur, Ranjitha, Yila, Jummai

“…Organized from May 30 to June 01, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, the workshop was attended by 31 seed experts from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and India, representing private seed companies, seed producer organizations, national seed trade associations, national gene banks, national and regional agricultural research institutions, and universities. …”
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Reaching smallholder women with information services and resilience strategies to respond to climate change by Ringler, Claudia, Alvi, Muzna, Birner, Regina, Bosch, Christine, Bryan, Elizabeth, Githuku, Fridah, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Rwamigisa, Patience B., Shah, Mansi

“…The project Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change aimed to increase the climate resilience of poor women and men farmers in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia — especially those in Kenya, Uganda, and India — by overcoming the gendered information gap on accessing climate-smart agricultural (CSA) approaches. …”
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Livestock and climate change frames and interaction strategies in East Africa: Exploring tensions between adaptation and mitigation options by Cramer, Laura K., Dewulf, Art, Crane, Todd A.

“…We use data from interviews, policy documents and participant observations of science-policy interfaces in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to answer: (1) How do frames used by scientists and policymakers affect discussions about climate change and livestock keeping in East Africa? …”
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Farmers' intentions to adopt Triple S for sweetpotato seed conservation by Mayanja, S., Mutiso, J.M., Kwikiriza, N., Okello, J.J., Hareau, G., Ssekandi, J.

“…In Uganda, farmers in arid and semi-arid areas lack sweetpotato seed after dry spells. …”
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Assessing the risk of COVID-19 in Feed the Future countries by Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Quabili, Wahid

“…The most widely used dataset by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (Dong, Du, and Gardner 2020), for example, does not include subnational data for Feed the Future’s 12 target countries in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) and South Asia: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Uganda. For this reason, the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) was commissioned to correlate Demographic and Health Survey data from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with geospatial data in order to develop a subnational dataset of key COVID-19 risk indicators based on which potential risk hotspots were identified. …”
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Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation by Parvathi, Priyanka, Amare, Mulubrhan, Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Barrett, Christopher B.

“…We use panel data from the Living Standard Measurement Study – Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) on Uganda and Malawi and from the Thailand Vietnam Socio-economic panel (TVSEP). …”
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Who owns the land? Perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions by Bomuhangi, Allan, Doss, Cheryl, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Based on a study of land tenure in Uganda, this paper analyzes how different ways of defining landownership—based on household reports, existence of ownership documents, and rights over the land—provide very different indications of the gendered patterns of landownership and rights. …”
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Assessing genetically modified cotton’s economic impact on farmers by Horna, Daniela, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Kyotalimye, Miriam

“…In Uganda, cotton has been characterized as a crop with relatively low profitability, mostly due to low productivity (Baffes 2009), but also because it is affected by fluctuations in cotton’s world price. …”
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Emergence of Sri Lanka in European fish trade: Is there cause for concern in the Lake Victoria region (East Africa)? by Muhammad, Andrew, Ngeleza, Guyslain K.

“…The primary objective of this research is to assess how Sri Lanka's fish exports affected fish exports from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (Lake Victoria region). Although the results show no significant price competition between the Lake Victoria region and Sri Lanka, the Lake Victoria countries are clearly worse off now that Sri Lanka is a major supplier of chilled fish to the E.U. …”
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Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension by Feder, Gershon, Anderson, Jock R., Birner, Regina, Deininger, Klaus

“…The paper reviews both quantitative and qualitative studies, focusing on three examples that contain important elements of community-based extension: the National Agricultural Advisory Services program of Uganda, the agricultural technology management agency model of India, and the farmer field school approach. …”
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Land tenure and natural resource management: a comparative study of agrarian communities in Asia and Africa by Otsuka, Keijiro, Place, Frank

“…Topics Include: Issues and Theoretical Framework; Quantitative Methodology; Agroforestry Management in Ghana; Agroforestry Management in Sumatra; Tree and Cropland Management in Malawi; Customary and Private Land Management in Uganda; Management of State Land and Privatization in Vietnam; Common Property Forest Management in the Hill Region of Nepal; Timber Forest Management in Nepal and Japan Toward New Paradigms of Land and Tree Resource Management.…”
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EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers by Ajambo, Susan, Ochieng, S., Kikulwe, Enoch, Abucheli, Eliud

“…The EzyAgric app provides smallholder farmers with an integrated service platform to support farm management and good agricultural practices, and access to agri-inputs and credit in Uganda. The EzyAgric is an App accessible on the Google Play Store, bundling various digital services targeting farmers and agri-input merchants. …”
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Market opportunities for African agriculture: A General Equilibrium examination of demand-side constraints on agricultural growth in East and Southern Africa by Diao, Xinshen, Dorosh, Paul A., Rahman, Shaikh Mahfuzur

“…The report applies a general equilibrium framework for the analysis, focusing on seven East and Southern African countries—Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—and finds that an export-led agricultural growth strategy is unlikely to generate substantial overall income growth in these countries.…”
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Market opportunities for African agriculture: A General Equilibrium examination of demand-side constraints on agricultural growth in East and Southern Africa by Diao, Xinshen, Dorosh, Paul A., Rahman, Shaikh Mahfuzur

“…The report applies a general equilibrium framework for the analysis, focusing on seven East and Southern African countries—Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—and finds that an export-led agricultural growth strategy is unlikely to generate substantial overall income growth in these countries.…”
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A gap analysis of confined field trial application forms for genetically modified crops in East Africa: evaluating the potential for harmonization by Linacre, Nicholas A., Cohen, Joel I.

“…In this paper, a Gap Analysis is used to identify informational gaps and potential for harmonization of confined field trial application processes in three East African countries - Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. The basic principle behind gap analysis is a comparison of the status quo to an ideal with the identification of the differences or gaps and the difficulty involved in removing the gaps. …”
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Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa by Omamo, Steven Were, Diao, Xinshen, Wood, Stanley, Chamberlin, Jordan, You, Liangzhi, Benin, Samuel, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Tatwangire, Alex

“…This report helps to fill that gap for eastern and central Africa (ECA), focusing on Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Recent trends and the current performance of agriculture in these countries expose a region progressively less able to meet the needs of its burgeoning population... …”
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Forage seed systems to close the ruminant feed deficit in Eastern Africa by Burkart, Stefan, Mwendia, Solomon

“…This study examines key challenges and opportunities for improving ruminant productivity in East Africa, with a focus on enhancing access to forage seeds critical for livestock systems in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Despite high potential for increased livestock production, the region faces a significant feed deficit—nearly 40% of annual feed demand remains unmet—due to the limited availability and affordability of forage seeds. …”
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