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Evaluating the shifting priorities of Uganda’s agricultural extension services: A micro perspective por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nattembo, Fiona, Pauw, Karl

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Factsheet on capacities in agricultural higher education: Busitema University, Uganda Faculty of Agriculture por Tailor, Anish, Kitone, Daniel, Beintema, Nienke M.

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Factsheet on capacities in agricultural higher education: Uganda Martyrs University Faculty of Agriculture por Tailor, Anish, Mwine, Julius, Masereka, Joseph, Kitone, Daniel, Beintema, Nienke M.

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Invisible heterogeneity in crop zinc concentration and child zinc intake in rural Uganda por Bevis, Leah E. M.

“…The HarvestPlus FCT for Uganda does fairly well estimating dietary zinc intake as a whole, even though it often fails to capture median zinc concentration for a specific crop. …”
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Mapping nutrient adequacy for targeted policy interventions, with application to Uganda (2013/14) por Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…Using the latest round of Uganda’s National Panel Survey (2013/14), after reconversion from nutrients to food items, a spatially diverse set of policy responses are formulated. …”
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Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda por Owach, Charles, Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Elepu, Gabriel

“…This study assesses the importance of food storage structures and their utilization by farmers cultivating finger millet *(Eleusine coracana)* and common beans *(Phaseolus vulgaris)* in Apac and Arua districts, Northern Uganda. The study encom-passed a total sample of 782 households producing finger millet and/or beans (388 of which were below and 394 above the poverty line). …”
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Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Using the fact that in traditional, patriarchal societies, sons are generally preferred to daughters, we isolate exogenous variation in the number of children born to a mother and relate it to the agricultural labor supply and production in Uganda, which has a dominant agricultural sector and high fertility. …”
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Nonfarm employment, agricultural intensification, and productivity change: Empirical findings from Uganda por Amare, Mulubrhan, Shiferaw, Bekele

“…This article uses panel data from the Living Standards Measurement Study‐Integrated Surveys on Agriculture for Uganda to assess the farm‐level effects of nonfarm employment on agricultural intensification and productivity change. …”
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Risk and sustainable crop intensification: The case of smallholder rice and potato farmers in Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Bizimungu, Emmanuel, Birungi, Dorothy

“…To feed a growing and increasingly urbanized population, Uganda needs to increase crop production without further exhausting available resources. …”
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Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Using the fact that in traditional, patriarchal societies sons are often preferred to daughters, we isolated exogenous variation in the number of children born to a mother and related it to agricultural labor supply and production outcomes in Uganda—a country that combines a dominant agricultural sector with one of the highest fertility rates in the world. …”
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Improved dairy cows in Uganda: Pathways to poverty alleviation and improved child nutrition por Kabunga, Nassul S.

“…The introduction and dissemination of improved dairy cow breeds in Uganda is arguably the most significant step taken to develop a modern and commercial dairy industry in the country over the last two decades. …”
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Is poverty reduction over-stated in Uganda?: Evidence from alternative poverty measures por Daniels, Lisa, Minot, Nicholas

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Prioritizing rural investments in Africa: A hybrid evaluation approach applied to Uganda por Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

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Sustainability of impact: dimensions of decline and persistence in adoption of a biofortified crop in Uganda por McNiven, Scott, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hotz, Christine

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An evaluation of the impact of e-verification on counterfeit agricultural inputs and technology adoption in Uganda por Ashour, Maha, Billings, Lucy, Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen

“…In Uganda, use of high-quality agricultural inputs like hybrid seed, agrochemicals, and fertilizer is extremely low. …”
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Building on Uganda’s progress in reducing anemia among children: From evidence to action por Fiedler, John L., Godhar, Deepali, Tharaney, Manisha, Wun, Jolene, Ngalombi, Sarah, Mokori, Alex

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Can cities or towns drive African development? Economywide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda por Dorosh, Paul A., Thurlow, James

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Consumption bundle aggregation in poverty measurement: Implications for poverty and its dynamics in Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Ssekabira, Haruna, Aduayom, Dede H.

“…Official poverty figures in Uganda are flawed by the fact that the underlying poverty lines are based on a single national food basket that was constructed in the early 1990s. …”
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Gender differentiated utilization of banana as food, medicine and cultural artefact in central Uganda por Mulugo, Lucy, Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Kibwika, Paul, Ngolobe, Emmanuel, Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Kikulwe, Enoch

“…Conducted in central Uganda from January to March 2023, the study involved focus group discussions with 30 men and 30 women, and interviews with 10 key informants (4 men and 6 women), using a guided checklist. …”
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Mapping the vulnerability of banana production landscapes in Uganda to banana bunchy top disease por Ocimati, Walter, Ogwal, Geofrey, Tazuba, Anthony Fredrick Kadama, Kubiriba, Jerome, Tugume, Joab, Rockefeller, Erima, Okurut, Wilson, Mahuku, George, Kutunga, David, Blomme, Guy

“…The survey and environmental data were then used to map the vulnerability of Uganda’s banana landscapes. Results and discussion: BBTD was only confirmed on 9% of sampled farms in north- and midwestern Uganda, with yield losses of 75% to 100%. …”
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