Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Workshop report: strategic planning workshop on recovering Banana production in BBTD affected areas: community and farm household approaches por Lepoint, P.C.E., Staver, Charles, Ajambo, S., Rietveld, Anne M., Kumar, P. Lava, Hanna, R., Caruana, Marie-Line

“…The disease has very recently invaded Benin and Nigeria in West Africa in addition to limited spread within the Kivu provinces (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC), neighbor to the largest banana-producing country in Africa - Uganda.Currently, Bunchy top has been recorded in 35 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific Islands, including Hawaii (USA), but not in the Americas. …”
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Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis por Shee, Apurba, Mayanja, S., Simba, E., Stathers, T., Bechoff, Aurélie, Bennett, B.

“…This paper assesses the determinants of postharvest losses at each postharvest stage of maize and sweetpotato (white fleshed and orange fleshed) value chains for smallholder farmers using our cross-sectional field survey data from two districts in Uganda. An ordered probit model estimation reveals that self-reported perceptions of the level of quantitative postharvest losses at different stages of commodity value chains are influenced by socio-economic factors as well as existing postharvest handling and storage practices. …”
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Pig characteristics, bio-physical and management aspects that influence rectal temperature in respect to heat stress por Zaake, Paul, Ouma, George O., Marshall, Karen, Ndambi, A., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Paul, Birthe K., Dione, Michel M.

“…There is limited attention to impacts of climate change on pigs in Uganda by stakeholders despite the potential vulnerability of pigs to climate change, especially heat stress. …”
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Adoption of soil organic carbon-enhancing practices: A case of two watershed sites in Ethiopia. por Ng'ang'a Karanja, Stanley, Mersha Gelaw, Fekadu, Nguru, Wilson, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

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Evolution of a gender tool: WEAI, WELI and livestock research por Colverson, Kathleen E., Coble-Harris, L., Galiè, Alessandra, Moore, E.V., Muñoz, O., McKune, S.L., Singh, N., Mo, R.

“…This article will discuss the adaptation and use of the WEAI for livestock research in Tanzania and Uganda, as well as future uses for contextually measuring women livestock producers' empowerment.…”
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Sowing legume seeds, reaping cash: a renaissance within communities in sub-Saharan Africa por Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…It presents the experiences of a diversity of actors within the grain legume value chains, with a focus on groundnut and common beans in Tanzania and Uganda, groundnut and cowpea in Nigeria, and groundnut in Ghana. …”
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Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach por Buyinza, J., Nuberg, I.K., Muthuri, Catherine W., Denton, M,.D.

“…We obtained data from 400 smallholder farmers in the Mt. Elgon region of Uganda. The Theory of Planned Behavior was used as the main framework. …”
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Predictable patterns of unsustainable intensification por Rietveld, Anne M., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Burg, Margreet van der

“…To increase understanding of agricultural intensification processes over time and their sustainability, we studied dimensions of sustainability in the context of ongoing expansion of intensive, commercial mono-cropping of banana in Southwestern Uganda. In our approach we considered five dimensions of sustainability: economic, agricultural productivity, environment, social and human. …”
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Genotype X environment response of 'Matooke' hybrids (Naritas) to Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the cause of black Sigatoka in banana por Kimunye, J., Jomanga, K., Tazuba, A., Were, E., Viljoen, Altus, Swennen, Rony L., Mahuku, George S.

“…To assess the response of NARITA hybrids to P. fijiensis, 22 hybrids were evaluated under natural field conditions in four locations—Kawanda and Mbarara in Uganda, and Maruku, and Mitarula in Tanzania—between 2016 and 2018 for three crop cycles. …”
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Performance evaluation of an inflatable solar dryer for maize and the effect on product quality compared with direct sun drying por Ntwali, Janvier, Schock, Steffen, Romuli, Sebastian, Chege, Christine G. Kiria, Banadda, Noble, Aseru, Gloria, Müller, Joachim

“…In this study, the drying performance of an inflatable solar dryer (ISD) was compared to direct sun drying (DSD) in Gombe Town, Wakiso District (Uganda) by analysing the moisture content, yeasts, moulds, aflatoxin, and colour. …”
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Bragging, shirking, and hiding: Spousal disagreement among Ugandan maize farmers por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Lecoutere, Els, Spielman, David J.

“…Using detailed data on a large sample of monogamous smallholder maize-farming households in eastern Uganda, we document response patterns from household co-heads related to decision-making, labor time, and sales of farm output. …”
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Guidelines for mapping the preferences in gender sensitive product profiles to crop ontology and creating a consumer segment ontology. Version 1.0. por Arnaud, Elizabeth, Khamila, Sylvhia, Kibooga, Charity, Ndagire, Lilian Yiga, Marimo, Pricilla

“…Provided examples are taken from the RTB Foods-Alliance Bioversity CIAT report entitled ‘Gendered-food mapping on Matooke in Uganda: Understanding the Drivers of Trait Preferences and the ‘Development of Multi-user RTB Product Profiles’ (Marimo P. et al, 2021) and the RTBFoods ‘Gendered Food Product Profile Template’ (Forsythe et al, 2022), This version will go through further revisions following additional feedback provided by experts.…”
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“How are my age and cows related?” Cognitive interviewing as a tool to pretest survey questions in two limited resource settings por Wenemark, Marika, Ngwili, Nicholas, Ndoboli, Dickson, Wieland, Barbara, Roesel, Kristina

“…This study aimed to use cognitive interviews in a respondent-adjusted way to study how survey questions related to antimicrobial use are understood and answered by 12 small-scale farmers in Kenya and Uganda. The results show that even a small number of interviews and using interviewers with limited knowledge of cognitive interviewing can identify many problems in survey questions and the survey tool. …”
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Farmer-led seed production: Community seed banks enter the national seed market por Vernooy, Ronnie, Rana, Jai Chand, Otieno, Gloria Atieno, Mbozi, Hilton, Shrestha, Pitambar

“…Pioneer case studies are presented from countries where grain legumes and dryland cereals are important crops: India, Nepal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. A mixed methodology was used to collect data, including a literature review, focus group discussion, key informant interview, and participatory observation. …”
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Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation: Comparative evidence from Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa por Amare, Mulubrhan, Parvathi, Priyanka, Nguyen, Trung Thanh

“…This study provides a comparative analysis of the patterns of micro-level changes that occur among small-holder farmers in Uganda and Malawi in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia (SEA). …”
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Challenges and opportunities in implementing video-based extension approaches targeting women farmers: An implementer’s perspective por Rwamigisa, Patience B., Namyenya, Angella, Butele, Cosmas Alfred, Shah, Mansi, Githuku, Fridah, Njung’e, Dennis

“…This note summarizes findings from implementers of participatory video-based extension interventions in India, Kenya, and Uganda. The findings suggest that videos targeting women farmers can reach them effectively. …”
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Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools por Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kasirye, Ibrahim, Lucas, Adrienne M., Neal, Derek

“…We report the results of an experiment in rural Uganda that sought to both promote learning and reduce dropout rates. …”
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Seed product requirements of the potato-processing industry in Eastern Africa : Implications for CGIAR market segmentation and target product profiles por Naziri, Diego, Devaux, André, Wauters, P., Mendes, Thiago, Lindqvist-Kreuze, Hannele, Hareau, Guy

“…In this study, we investigated the requirements of processing companies in the region, with a focus on Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. We also discuss the alignment of the industry’s requirements with the breeding efforts by CIP and national programs as defined in the corresponding TPP. …”
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Trading off nutrition and education? A panel data analysis of the dissimilar welfare effects of organic and fairtrade standards por Meemken, Eva-Marie, Spielman, David J., Qaim, Matin

“…We address these shortcomings using panel data from small-scale coffee producers in Uganda and comparing the effects of two of the most popular sustainability standards, namely Organic and Fairtrade. …”
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Trading off nutrition and education? A panel data analysis of the dissimilar welfare effects of Organic and Fairtrade standards por Meemken, Eva-Marie, Spielman, David J., Qaim, Matin

“…We address these shortcomings using panel data from small-scale coffee producers in Uganda and comparing the effects of two of the most popular sustainability standards, namely Organic and Fairtrade. …”
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