Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

bEcon Archival Collection por Paul, Namita, Yerramareddy, Indira, Zambrano, Patricia

“…This effort is part of the Bill and Melinda Gates funded project “Biotechnology and Biosafety Rapid Assessment Platform – BioRAPP”, a project that, among other policy related objectives, will develop and implement ex ante assessments in 5 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda) using secondary data. The indicators collected in this literature will be used in the rapid ex ante assessments and the goal is also to provide national researchers with a tool kit to support policy decisions. …”
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Business skills empowerment program through incubation and mentorship for selected pig agripreneurs in Masaka and Mukono districts: process, outcomes and lessons por Kamau, Loise, Tugume, Grace, Ahumuza, Ronnie, Marshall, Karen, Ouma, Emily A.

“…The agripreneur business incubation/acceleration program, started in 2023 in Uganda to address challenges associated with market inefficiencies including weak linkages between pig farmers, pig aggregators and input and service providers; poor business practices by artificial insemination (AI) technicians/animal health service providers and limited networks to enable optimal business operations. …”
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Enhancing nutrition: a review of provitamin A carotenoid cassava breeding initiatives in East Africa por Abincha, W., Dzidzienyo, D.K., Wesonga, L.N., Mwimali, M., Ozimati, A., Kayondo, S.I., Ofori, K., Tongoona, P., Kivuva, B.M.

“…Evidence suggests that introducing provitamin A carotenoid (pVAC) cassava into the diets of preschool and primary school children in East Africa has led to improvements in their retinol levels. Notably, Kenya and Uganda have initiated cassava biofortification programs in the region. …”
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Fodder legumes technology and farmer to farmer extension: a case of Desmodium and Calliandra in central Kenya por Sinja, J., Karugia, Joseph T., Mwangi, David Miano, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Romney, Dannie L.

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Technical Workshop on Gender and Disability-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for the IGAD Region por Ackley, Adair G, Shudipta, Aneeshaa C, Jelagat, Joyce

“…In April 2025, UNDRR and ICPAC rolled out a similar training for other ICPAC Member States (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda). This workshop was co-funded by the CREWS Initiative East Africa project that is being implemented by World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World Bank, and UNDRR. …”
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Forest tree persistence, elephants, and stem scars por Sheil, Douglas, Salim, A.

“…Sixteen percent of tree stems 10 cm diameter or greater recorded in seven 1 ha plots in Rabongo Forest, Uganda had stem damage attributable to elephants (Loxodonta africana). …”
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Baseline GHG emissions from the agricultural sector and mitigation potential in countries of East and West Africa por Brown, S., Grais A, Ambagis S, Pearson T

“…To address this question, we first estimated the business-as-usual emissions of greenhouse gases from the agricultural sector using the IPCC framework and land cover datasets based satellite imagery for the base year 2006 for four East African countries— Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and five West African countries—Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. …”
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Occurrence of salmonellae in retail raw chicken products in Ethiopia por Tibaijuka, B., Molla, B., Hildebrandt, G., Kleer, J.

“…Saintpaul (14.8%), S. Uganda (11.1%), S. Haifa, S. Group B, S. Rough form and S. …”
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Comparative analysis of maize based livelihoods in drought prone regions of eastern Africa: adaptation lessons for climate change por Erenstein, Olaf, Kassie, Girma T., Mwangi W

“…The paper draws from parallel household surveys in drought prone maize growing areas in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to illustrate how resource poor farmers are already coping with drought. …”
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Integrated termite management for improved rainwater management: A synthesis of selected African experiences por Mugerwa, S., Mpairwe, D.R., Zziwa, Emmanuel, Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Peden, Donald G.

“…Building on indigenous knowledge from termite affected regions of Ethiopia, the CPWF and Uganda partners initiated research on integrated termite management. …”
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Mapping inland wetlands in Africa using long waveband radar: the ALOS Kyoto and Carbon Initiative por Rebelo, Lisa-Maria

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Nile Basin livestock water productivity por Peden, Donald G., Alemayehu, M., Amede, Tilahun, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Faki, H., Haileslassie, Amare, Herrero, Mario, Mapedza, Everisto D., Mpairwe, D.R., Musa, M.T., Taddesse, G., Breugel, P. van

“…PN37 identified opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in key production systems of Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda. In all countries and systems, the research revealed important opportunities to increase LWP through site-specific sets of interventions including improved feed sourcing, enhanced animal production, water conservation, and strategic provisioning of drinking water. …”
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Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa por Thornton, Philip K., Rufino, Mariana C., Karanja, S., Jones, Peter G., Mutie, Ianetta, Herrero, Mario

“…We carried out feldwork in 12 sites in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to understand how farming systems have been changing in the recent past. …”
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Effect of drying and storage on the degradation of carotenoids in orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars por Bechoff, Aurélie, Westby, Andrew, Owori, C, Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Menya, G., Dufour, D.L., Tomlins, Keith I.

“…After 4 months' storage at room temperature in Uganda, losses of total carotenoid in dried sweetpotato chips were high (about 70%) and this was not dependent on the use of opaque or transparent packaging. …”
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Nutrient dynamics in a climbing bean and sorghum crop rotation in the Central Africa highlands por Wortmann, Charles S.

“…Different yearly crop rotations alternating sorghum with another crop were compared over six seasons in the highland area of southwestern Uganda at a steeply sloping, terrace site with clayey, acidic soil. …”
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The influence of current and future climate-induced risk on the agricultural sector in East and Central Africa: Sensitizing the ASARECA strategic plan to climate change por Steeg, Jeannette van de, Herrero, Mario, Kinyangi, James, Thornton, Philip K., Rao, K.P.C., Stern, R., Cooper, Peter J.M.

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Discrimination of sweetpotato virus disease resistant and tolerant clones por Mwanga, Robert O.M.

“…In this study, new sources of SPVD resistance from the International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru, were evaluated in the field at Namulonge in Uganda under high SPVD pressure and moderate Alternaria blight pressure. …”
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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa por Nicol, Alan, Langan, Simon J., Victor, Michael, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

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PABRA Database por Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

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The introduction of Boran cattle into an ECF (East Coast fever) endemic area por Stobbs, T.H.

“…An investigation was made in 1958 to find out if Boran cattle (introduced from Kenya) could be adapted to East Cost Fever (E.C.F.) endemic area of Uganda. A serial artificial immunization trial was made to improve resistance of Boran cattle to E.C.F. either by feeding Aurofac at the rate of 1 oz. per 40 lb liveweight or by matching Boran bulls to local small East African zebu cattle to use their progeny. …”
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