Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Cross-sectoral coordination failure: How significant a constraint in national efforts to tackle malnutrition in Africa? por Benson, Todd

“…This evaluation uses qualitative information on the national institutional frameworks within which nutrition activities are carried out in Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda, countries with such agencies, and in Ghana, which has none. …”
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Research on non-timber forest products in selected countries in Southern and East Africa: themes, research issues, priorities and constraints por Ruíz Pérez, M., Broekhoven, A.J., Aluma, J.W.R., Iddi, S., Lowore, J.D., Mutemwa, S.M., Odera, J.A.

“…The countries represented were Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. During the meeting priority themes and issues were identified. …”
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Insights into the mondia whitei microbiome across geographic regions in eastern Africa por Olimi, E., Wuggenig, R ., Lobato, C., Bickel, S., Kusstatscher, P., Wicaksono, W.A., Battisti, A., Coyne, D., Adriko, J., Cernava, T., Berg, G.

“…Here, we examine the root endosphere and rhizosphere from five locations in Uganda using high-throughput amplicon sequencing, qPCR and multifactorial modelling. …”
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Developing tests of successional hypotheses with size-structured populations, and an assessment using long-term data from a Ugandan rain forest por Sheil, Douglas

“…Eggeling published an account of forest succession at Budongo, Uganda. This interpretation was based on a large-scale comparative plot study, performed in the 1930s and 1940s. …”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) on Policy Practices and Analysis to Support Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Services (CIS) Course Module por Ekepu, David, Nakayiwa, Florence Mayega, Majaliwa, Jackson Gilbert Mwanjalolo, Murungweni, Chrispen, Bonou, Alice

“…The participants came from 27 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The training included four sessions: 1) Introduction to Policy and Policy Processes; 2) Inclusive Framework for Guiding Development and Implementation of CSA Policies and Programmes, 3) Monitoring, Evaluation and Review of CSA and CIS relevant policies and 4) Enabling Environment for Upscaling CSA and CIS. …”
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Breeding objectives and the relative importance of traits in plant and animal breeding: a comparative review por Sölkner, Johann, Grausgruber, H., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Ruckenbauer, P., Wurzinger, Maria

“…We review two studies, dealing with methods of acquiring information about selection criteria of farmers planting maize in the Ethiopian highlands and of pastoralists keeping cattle in Uganda, in detail.…”
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Development of sero-diagnostic and molecular tools for the control of important tick-borne pathogens of cattle in Africa por Morzaria, S.P., Katende, J., Musoke, A.J., Nene, Vishvanath M., Skilton, Robert A., Bishop, Richard P.

“…They have been further evaluated in on-farm longitudinal sero-epidemiological studies to define infection dynamics and disease risks in various farming systems in Kenya and Uganda. In addition, DNA-based tests for differentiation of Theileria species and characterisation of Theileria parva stocks have been developed. …”
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Generation and characterisation of cloned Theileria parva parasites por Morzaria, S.P., Dolan, T.T., Norval, R.A.I., Bishop, Richard P., Spooner, P.R.

“…Sporozoites derived from cloned cell lines of T. parva Muguga, Marikebuni, Boleni, Uganda and buffalo-derived 7014 were characterized using monoclonal antibody profiles, DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism detected using repetitive and telomeric probes, in vivo infectivity and, in one case, cross-immunity studies. …”
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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for detection of Theileria parva infections targeting the PIM and p150 genes por Thekisoe, O.M.M., Rambritch, N.E., Nakao, R., Bazie, R.S., Mbati, P., Namangala, B., Malele, I., Skilton, Robert A., Jongejan, F., Sugimoto, C., Kawazu, S.I., Inoue, N.

“…These PIM and p150 LAMP primer sets amplify DNA of T. parva isolates from cattle and buffalo from different countries including Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, indicating their ability to detect T. parva from different countries. …”
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Laboratory methods for microbiological assessment of milk por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The Safe Food, Fair Food project aims at adapting and implementing risk assessment in informal markets in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. The outcomes of the project will help identify suitable risk management activities to be piloted in selected livestock value chains, including dairy in Tanzania. …”
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Plant materials for soil fertility management in subhumid tropical areas por Kayuki, KC, Wortmann, Charles S.

“…Gray, and Aspilia kotschyi du Petit-Thouars occur naturally in eastern and central Uganda. Trimmings of these species were evaluated for effectiveness in improving soil productivity. …”
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Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring community-based adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes por Wright, H, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Laganda, Gernot, Olupot, M, Ampaire, Edidah L., Jat, Mangi Lal

“…Drawing on experiences in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Uganda and India, this article identifies key success factors and barriers for considering local priorities, capacities and lessons in large-scale adaptation programmes. …”
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis por Waithaka, Michael, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S., Kyotalimye, Miriam

“…The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. …”
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Ajuda em sementes para seguranca em sementes: conselhos para practicantes por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The case studies were undertaken in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe. No. 3 introduces the general concept of seed security and differentiates parameters of availability, access, and seed and variety quality, as well as distinguishing chronic from acute stress. …”
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Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communities por Jost, Christine, Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Naab, Jesse B., Neelormi, S, Kinyangi, James, Zougmoré, Robert B., Aggarwal, Pramod K., Bhatta, Gopal Datt, Chaudhury, M., Tapio-Bistrom, M.L., Nelson, S., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…In Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh, participatory tools were used for a socio-economic and gender analysis of three topics: climate-smart agriculture (CSA), climate analogue approaches, and climate and weather forecasting. …”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2015 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Under the science section, new research data shows drought and pest epidemics are among top climate related risks faced by smallholder farmers in rural Uganda. Read on to learn how farmers are designing strategies to cope with these risks. …”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, July - September 2015 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Read about Kenya’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, submitted to the UNFCCC, which incorporates climate-smart agriculture. From Uganda, learn how and why the government is mainstreaming climate change into its agriculture plans and policies. …”
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Precision of farmerbased fertility ratings and soil organic carbon for crop production on a Ferralsol por Musinguzi, P., Ebanyat, Peter, Tenywa, J.S., Basamba, T.A.A., Tenywa, M.M., Mubiru, D.

“…A study was conducted on Ferralsols in Uganda to evaluate farmer-based soil fertility assessment techniques, hereafter referred to as farmers' field experiences (FFE), for ease of use and precision, against more formal scientific quantitative ratings using soil organic carbon (SQR-SOC). …”
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Food safety in developing countries por Grace, Delia, Unger, Fred, Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Promising examples from ongoing ILRI research (e.g. Uganda, Slaughterhouses hygienic management and Vietnam, Food Safety task force) will be provided and discussed.…”
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Agricultural nematology in East and Southern Africa: problems, management strategies and stakeholder linkages por Talwana, Herbert A.L., Sibanda, Z., Wanjohi, W., Kimenju, W., Luambano-Nyoni, N., Massawe, C., Manzanilla Lopez, R., Davies, K.G., Hunt, D.J., Sikora, R.A., Coyne, Danny L., Gowen, S., Kerry, B.

“…This review focuses on the current knowledge of economically important nematode pests affecting key crops, nematode control methods and the research and development needs for sustainable management, stakeholder involvement and capacity building in the context of crop security in East and Southern Africa, especially Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.…”
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