Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Seeing through the farmers’ eyes: An exploration of the life of smallholder farmers in Northern Uganda por Acosta, Mariola, Riley, Simon, Giller, Onno, Jassogne, Laurence T.P.

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Briquettes from agro-waste (Kampala Jellitone Suppliers, Uganda) - Case Study por Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Musisi, A.

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Local communities' perceptions of climate variability in the Mt. Elgon region, eastern Uganda por Bomuhangi, Allan, Nabanoga, Gorettie, Namaalwa, Justine J., Jacobson, Michael G., Abwoli, Banana

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Fuelwood collection and its impacts on a protected tropical mountain forest in Uganda por Sassen, M., Sheil, D., Giller, Kenneth E.

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East African highland banana production as influenced by nematodes and crop management in Uganda por Speijer, P., Kajumba, C., Ssango, F.

“…Production loss caused by nematodes in East African highland banana was evaluated at Sendusu, near Kampala in Uganda, 1120 m above sea level. The commonly grown cultivar, Mbwazirume, was grown in nematode-infested and non-infested plots under heavily mulched, clean-weeded and millet-intercropped management regimes. …”
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Recognition and duration of larval instars of banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germar, in Uganda por Gold, Cliford S., Neyeme, P.S., Coe, R.

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Genetic variation in the banana cultivar Sukali ndizi grown in different regions of Uganda por Pillay, M., Dimkpa, C.O., Ude, G., Makumbi, Dan, Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.

“…Banana is an important food and cash crop in Uganda. The crop displays wide diversity but the genetic relationship between and withing cultivars is largely unknown. …”
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Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda por Otim, M., Legg, James P., Kyamanywa, S., Polaszek, A., Gerling, D.

“…Surveys were conducted from October 2000 to November 2001 in four agro-ecologies in Uganda to enhance the understanding of parasitoid fauna and parasitism of B. tabaci in cassava fields. …”
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Towards the development of risk-based intervention strategies for Rift Valley fever in Uganda por Tumusiime, Dan, Kihu, S., Mutua, Edna N., Bett, Bernard K.

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An assessment of heat stress status in pigs and adaptation options in Lira district Uganda por Zaake, Paul

“…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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Satsning på biobränsle i Uganda och Kenya - möjlighet eller risk por Ekdahl, Jan

“…In the African countries Uganda and Kenya with their partly dry areas and where people are starving due to lack of food is the question of how to handle bioenergy development an important topic. …”
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Black coffee twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) on robusta coffee in Uganda por Hultman, Christina

“…The Black Coffee Twig Borer (BCTB), (Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff)) is a devastating pest on robusta coffee in Uganda. The coffee in Uganda grows mostly in agroforestry systems where trees and crops are combined and interact with each other. …”
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Discursive translations of gender mainstreaming norms: The case of agricultural and climate change policies in Uganda por Acosta, Mariola, Bommel, Severine van, Wessel, Margit van, Ampaire, Edidah L., Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Feindt, Peter

“…An in-depth, inductive analysis of 107 policy documents in Uganda examines how the gender mainstreaming norm has been translated at three administrative levels: national, district, sub-county. …”
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Presence and property: Gendered perspectives on participation in a dairy development program in Kenya and Uganda por Basu, P., Galiè, Alessandra, Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…Based on interviews conducted with women and men in Kenya and Uganda, this paper shows how initiatives that include women construct new pathways for women's participation because of the ways that various participatory strategies relate to one another, rather than due to the efficacy of one strategy over another. …”
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Social cognitive drivers of farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach in Uganda por Kalule, S.W., Sseguya, H., Ongeng, D., Karubanga, G.

“…Structural equation modelling was conducted on the data obtained from a sample of 283 host participants of the student outreach programme of Gulu University, Uganda. The results indicate that social outcome expectations (β = 0.227, t = 1.978, P < 0.05), social influence (β = .372, t = 4.448, P < 0.01) and farmers’ formation of intentions (β = .214, t = 3.254, P < 0.01) significantly predict farmer learning behaviour. …”
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Replication Data for: Incentives and the Diffusion of Agricultural Knowledge: Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda por Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Pieters, Janneke, Bulte, Erwin, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…We present results of a randomized evaluation that assesses the effects of different incentives for diffusion of agricultural knowledge by smallholders in northern Uganda. Randomly-selected disseminating farmers (DFs) from a large sample of villages are assigned to one of three experimental arms: (a) training about climate smart agriculture, (b) training plus a material reward for knowledge diffusion, and (c) training plus a reputational gain for knowledge diffusion. …”
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Boosting Uganda's Investments in Livestock Development (2019-2023): Introducing the antimicrobial resistance component por Erechu, Richard, Wieland, Barbara, Tenhagen, Bernd-Alois, Schlesier, K., Roesler, Uwe, Lukuyu, Ben A., Litta-Mulundo, Alice, Kabi, Fredrick, Mencke, Norbert

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Agrobiodiversity and nutrition in traditional cropping systems - Homegardens of the indigenous Bakiga and Banyakole in southwestern Uganda. por Whitney, Cory W.

“…In Uganda many farmer households have diverse agroforestry systems known as homegardens, which have been adapted over generations to supply a year-round harvest of nutritious foods. …”
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Effects of potassium deficiency, drought, and weevils on banana yield and economic performance in Mbarara, Uganda por Okech, S.H., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Gold, Cliford S., Ssali, H.

“…This paper reports results from a 6-year long-term fertilizer X banana weevil trial for highland banana in Mbarara, Uganda. The objective of the study was to quantify the effect of mineral fertiliser (100 kg N, 50 kg P, and 100 kg K ha -1 yr-1) on crop and economic performance and weevil pest status. …”
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Determinants of farm-level adoption of cultural practices for banana xanthomonas wilt control in Uganda por Jogo, W., Karamura, E.B., Tinzaara, William, Kubiriba, Jerome, Rietveld, Anne M.

“…This paper analysed the determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt the control package by smallholder banana farmers in Uganda. A binomial Logit model is applied to household survey data collected from 350 households. …”
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