Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

Contextual determinants of learning behaviour differentials amongst host-farmers of University-student outreach in Uganda por Kalule, S.W., Sseguya, H., Ongeng, D., Karubanga, G.A.

“…A cross-section survey was used to obtain data from a sample of 283 respondents purposively selected from previous hosts of student outreach of Gulu University in Uganda. Results from Kruskal-Wallis method revealed that there were significant differences among host-farmers with respect to farmstead distance to the university for knowledge sharing (?…”
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Selection criteria of Musa cultivars as determined through a farmer participatory appraisal survey in Uganda por Gold, Cliford S., Kiggundu, A., Abera, A.M.K., Karamura, D.

“…This paper reports on a farmer survey in Uganda to record farmer selection criteria for banana cultivars as a pre-breeding activity. …”
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Ruminants, resilience and poverty : assessing the socioeconomic role of small ruminants in the pastoral areas of Northeastern Uganda por Akejo, Bruno Sserunkuma

“…Small ruminants (goats and sheep) are of great importance for the livelihoods of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and the small holder poor in rural Uganda. However, their socioeconomic role is often overlooked in the general statistics on rural and household economies. …”

Emerging infectious diseases : a model of disease transmission dynamics at the wildlife-livestock interface in Uganda por Backlund, Fredrik

“…The field study is located in the northern parts of Uganda, a hotspot new and emerging viral diseases. …”

Use of market crop wastes as feed for livestock in urban/peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda por Selberg Nygren, Emma

“…This study was conducted in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Uganda has a population of 27.8 million people with 82.6% of the population living below the poverty line. …”
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West Africa Informal Cross Border Trade monitoring por Cisse, Brahima

Materias: “…uganda…”
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Boosting Uganda's Investments in Livestock Development (2019-2023): Introducing the peste des petits ruminants component por Lumu, Paul, Kiara, Henry K., Oyas, Harry, Dietze, Klaas, Barasa, Martin, Rich, Karl M., Lule, Peter M.

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Sweetpotato virus pathogen-tested planting material of susceptible varieties results in root yield increase in Uganda por Namanda, S., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Mukasa, S., Talengera, D., Musoke, C., Kyalo, Gerald, Ssemakula, G., Magezi, Sylvia Ruhweza, Ball, Anna-Marie, Low, Jan W.

“…Sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD) causes more than 90 percent yield decline, especially in areas with high disease pressure. In central Uganda region, Ejumula, an SPVD susceptible variety almost disappeared on farmers' fields due to SPVD by fourth implementation year HarvestPlus project in 2010. …”
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Potassium and magnesium fertilizers on banana in Uganda: yields, weevil damage, foliar nutrient status, and DRIS analysis por Smithson, P.C., McIntyre, B.D., Gold, Cliford S., Ssali, H., Night, G., Okech, S.

“…This study tested the effects of K and Mg additions on plant performance and weevil damage for 2.75 yr, at Buligwe in central Uganda and Muyogo in southwest Uganda. All treatments received 25 kg P ha–1 and 100 kg N ha–1 annually, while K and Mg were applied (kg ha–1) at 0 K–0 Mg, 100 K–0 Mg, 100 K–25 Mg and 100 K–50 Mg. …”
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Impact of drought-tolerant maize and maize–legume intercropping on the climate resilience of rural households in Northern Uganda por Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi, Mwongera, Caroline

“…Using a panel dataset from 655 rural households in northern Uganda, this study assessed the effect of two increasingly promoted CSA technologies (drought-tolerant (DT) varieties of maize and maize–legume (M-L) intercropping) on resilience to climatic shocks (drought and unpredictable rainfall). …”
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Stakeholders’ perceptions on performance of the Livestock Disease Surveillance system in Uganda: A case of Pallisa and Kumi Districts por Namayanja, Josephine, Dione, Michel M., Kungu, Joseph M.

“…Thus, a cross-sectional study was carried out in 2017 to assess eight attributes of the livestock disease surveillance systems in Pallisa and Kumi districts, Uganda. A total of 772 livestock farmers were interviewed to evaluate the surveillance system at their level, using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis and risk factors associated with its seropositivity in cattle, goats and humans in Iganga District, Uganda por Nguna, J., Dione, Michel M., Apamaku, M., Majalija, S., Mugizi, R.D., Odoch, T., Kato, C.D., Tumwine, G., Kabaasa, J.D., Curtis, K., Graham, M., Ejobi, F., Graham, T.

“…Introduction: the burden of brucellosis among smallholder farmers is poorly-documented in Uganda. The disease burden is likely to be high, given the high levels of endemicity, lots of exposures and due to lack of control measures. …”
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Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers por Marimo, Pricilla, Karamura, D., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Shimwela, M.M., Bergh, Inge van den, Batte, M., Massawe, C., Okurut, A.W., Mbongo, D.B., Crichton, R.

“…This article provides an overview of different banana products, cultivars used to make those products and the preferred characteristics as reported by men and women farmers in different regions of Uganda and Tanzania. Qualitative data from 23 focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted in six districts (Mbarara and Luwero in Uganda; and Bukoba, Meru, Moshi and Rungwe in Tanzania) were coded and analysed. …”
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Perceptions of women and men smallholder pig keepers in Uganda on pig keeping objectives, and breed and trait preferences por Babigumira, B.M., Ouma, Emily A., Sölkner, Johann, Marshall, Karen

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Bridging youth and gender studies to analyse rural young women and men's livelihood pathways in Central Uganda por Rietveld, Anne M., Burg, Margreet van der, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Data consisted of in-depth interviews with 8 young men and 8 young women originating from the same rural community in Central Uganda (2017) and was supported by three additional datasets collected between 2010 and 2014; one qualitative case-study conducted in the same site (2014) and two survey datasets collected in three rural sites in Central Uganda in 2010 (N = 199) and 2012 (N = 54). …”
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A review on health and environmental aspects of current manure management practices in pig production systems in Uganda por Wanyama, Ibrahim, Leitner, Sonja

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Assessing the inclusion of livestock sector in NAIPs: Preliminary case study of Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria por Karugia, Joseph T., Guthiga, Paul M.

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Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda por Kozicka, Marta, Gotor, Elisabetta, Ocimati, Walter, Jager, Tamar de, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…We analyse the impact of two large-scale regime shifts caused by disease incidence or climate change, and associated crop productivity and price changes, on banana-based smallholders in Uganda. We evaluate these farmers' vulnerability and assess the potential of using increased crop diversity to improve their resilience. …”
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Coffee and vanilla diversified systems in Uganda: exploring effective approaches for resilient coffee and vanilla farming systems por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Market systems approaches for improving market linkages and relationships to support the smallholder pig value chains in Uganda por Ouma, Emily A., Lukuyu, Ben A., Dione, Michel M., Katende, Robert, Lutakome, Pius, Baltenweck, Isabelle

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