Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"

The effect of climate information in pastoralists’ adaptation to climate change: A case study of Rwenzori region, Western Uganda por Nkuba, Michael, Chanda, Raban, Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope, Kato, Edward, Mangheni, Margareth Najjingo, Lesolle, David

“…This paper aims to investigate the effect of using indigenous forecasts (IFs) and scientific forecasts (SFs) on pastoralists’ adaptation methods in Rwenzori region, Western Uganda.…”
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Do incentives matter when working for god? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda por Duchoslav, Jan, Cecchi, Francesco

“…We use a unique panel of output and expenditure data from small faith-based nonprofit healthcare facilities in Uganda to estimate the effect of introducing performance-based financing. …”
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Factsheet on capacities in agricultural higher education: Makerere University, Uganda College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources, and Biosecurity por Tailor, Anish, Kitone, Daniel, Beintema, Nienke M.

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Using cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda por Malapit, Hazel J., Sproule, Kathryn, Kovarik, Chiara

“…This paper describes the cognitive interviews undertaken in Bangladesh and Uganda in 2014 as part of the second round of pilots intended to refine the original version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI). …”
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Using cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda por Malapit, Hazel J., Sproule, Kathryn, Kovarik, Chiara

“…This paper describes the cognitive interviews undertaken in Bangladesh and Uganda in 2014 as part of the second round of pilots intended to refine the original version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI). …”
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DONATA Enhanced uptake and adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) technologies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda por International Potato Center

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When social goals meet economic goals: The double dividend of extending access to health care for farmers in Uganda por Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi, Badiane, Ousmane, Montaud, Jean-Marc

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A rapid initial assessment of the distribution and consumption of iron-folic acid tablets through antenatal care in Uganda

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An analysis of the costs of Uganda's Child Days Plus: Do low costs reveal an efficient program or an underfinanced one? por Fiedler, John L., Semakula, Richard

“…Twice annually, Uganda implements Child Days Plus (CDP), a month-long outreach activity that distributes vitamin A capsules to preschool children and deworms children 6 months to 14 years old. …”
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Enhancing climate resilience in Uganda's bean value chain: Insights from the ECREA project workshop: Workshop report por Byandaga, Livingstone, Ntwari, Nasson, Kagabo, Desire, Kiogora, Joseline

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Potential impact of current agricultural practices on mycotoxin occurrence and mycotoxin knowledge along the cassava value chain in Uganda por Oyesigye, E., Cervini, C., Mahuku, G., Medina, A.

“…Cassava is the second most important staple food crop for Uganda and is prone to contamination with mycotoxins. …”
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Vitamin A fortification in Uganda: Comparing the feasibility, coverage, costs, and cost-effectiveness of fortifying vegetable oil and sugar por Fiedler, John L., Afidra, Ronald

“…At present, the only widely consumed food in Uganda that is fortified with vitamin A is vegetable oil.To compare the feasibility, coverage, costs, and cost-effectiveness of fortifying vegetable oil and sugar with vitamin A in order to assess, from a public health policy perspective, whether sugar should also be fortified.The 2005/6 Uganda Household Budget Survey was used to analyze households' apparent consumption levels of sugar and vegetable oil and to model the additional intake of vitamin A, assuming the sugar and oil fortification levels are those set by the Uganda Bureau of Standards.The annual incremental private sector cost of vitamin fortification is US$555,668 for oil and US$2,644,765 for sugar. …”
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Why a few agricultural cooperatives survived the crisis in the cooperative movement in Uganda while many others collapsed por Kwapong, Nana Afranaa, Korugyendo, Patrick Lubega

“…Until the 1980s, cooperatives in Uganda had some success in counteracting the effects of unfavorable market positions for smallholder farmers. …”
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Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program of Uganda: Considering different levels of likely contamination with the treatment por Benin, Samuel, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Okecho, Geresom, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Kato, Edward, Lubade, G., Kyotalimye, Miriam

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An ex ante analysis of the impact and cost-effectiveness of biofortified high-provitamin A and high-iron banana in Uganda por Fiedler, John L., Kilkuwe, Enoch M., Birol, Ekin

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Managing future oil revenue in Uganda for agricultural development and poverty reduction: A CGE analysis of challenges and options por Wiebelt, Manfred, Pauw, Karl, Matovu, John Mary, Twimukye, Evarist, Benson, Todd

“…With the recent discovery of crude oil reserves along the Albertine Rift, Uganda is set to establish itself as an oil producer in the coming decade. …”
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Survey of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Agri-Food Value Chains: Network-Based Recruitment Approach in Uganda por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This project focused on midstream actors within the arabica coffee and soybean value chains in Uganda, utilizing tailored surveys to assess their financial capabilities and constraints. …”
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Gender, food security and AIDS in internally displaced people’s camps in Uganda: Implications for HIV responsive policy and programming por Bukuluki, Paul, Mugumya, Firminus, Neema, Stella, Kafuko, Agatha, Ochen, Eric Awich

“…Food and nutritional insecurity coexists with high HIV prevalence rates in war-affected communities in the north and northeastern regions of Uganda. Women and especially female children are disproportionately affected. …”
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Who knows, who cares?: The determinants of enactment, awareness, and compliance with community natural resource management regulations in Uganda por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Kato, Edward

“…A survey of 273 communities was conducted in Uganda with an objective of analyzing the determinants of enactment, awareness and compliance with community Natural Resource Management (NRM) regulations. …”
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Crop production diversity or market access?: Welfare outcomes among sorghum-growing households in rural Kenya and Uganda por Narmandakh, Davaatseren, Marenya, Paswel, Opie, Hellen, Bett, Charles

“…This study contributes to the ongoing development discourse and research by examining the welfare effects of greater market access and participation compared to farm production diversity in rural Kenya and Uganda. Using crosssectional data from 2,398 households and three novel instrumental variables to isolate empirical correlates between market access and production diversity (as LHS variables) and diet diversity and food security, we find that both market participation and production diversity positively impact food security and welfare. …”
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