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Assessing the Impact of NAADS Programme on Agricultural Economic Performance in Mbarara District - Uganda
(Bus Eco J, 2018)This study was conducted on assessing the impact of NAADS programme on agricultural economic performance in Mbarara district. Agricultural Economic performance was assessed in terms of household income and commercialization. ... -
Institutional Factors and Technology Adoption amongst Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Kanungu District South-Western Uganda
(Preprints, 2022)The use of improved agricultural technologies has been reported as the major strategy to increase agricultural production, increased household incomes and addressing poverty. However, adoption of such improved technologies ... -
Mobile Telephony as an ICT Tool for Agricultural Information Dissemination in Developing Countries: A Review
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2023)In emerging nations, the use of information and communication technology has considerably benefitted the advancement of agriculture, health, rural development, and education. This technique has had a considerable impact ... -
Local institutions in southwestern Uganda: the role of integrated agricultural research for development
(African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013)Local institutions are commonly referred to as mediating factors that govern the relationship between a community and the natural resource base upon which it depends. However, conventional agricultural research and extension ... -
Scaling Smallholder Farmer Empowerment: Lessons from the Lifelong Learning Program in Uganda
(Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)An evaluation study of the Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) program was undertaken in two sites; in the central and northern regions of Uganda. Propensity Score Matching (PSM) was used to measure the impact of the program ... -
Innovation Opportunities in Organic Pineapple Production in Uganda
(FARA Research Reports, 2018)Pineapple is an important horticultural crop grown in many tropical countries as a major source of income. It is also consumed as fresh and dried fruit and has been found to have high nutritional and medicinal value. In ... -
Innovation Opportunities in Potato Production in Rwanda
(FARA Research Reports, 2018)Whereas Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a major staple food in many countries, it is one of the priority value chain crops under the CIP in Rwanda. The crop is more important in the northern and northwestern than other ... -
Innovation Opportunities in Sorghum Production in Uganda
(FARA Res. Rep, 2018)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) (L.) (Moench) is cultivated worldwide in a wide range of environments. Because of its resistance to drought, high production potential and low inputs use, sorghum is cultivated in the tropical, ... -
Applying livestock thresholds to examine poverty in Karamoja
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021-11)Abstract In pastoralist and agro-pastoralist areas, wealth and poverty are closely aligned to levels of livestock ownership and social inclusion. Whereas cash income per capita is a useful measure of poverty in non-pastoralist ... -
All-You-Can-Eat: Influence of Proximity to Maize Gardens on the Wild Diet and the Forest Activities of the Sebitoli Chimpanzee Community in Kibale National Park
(MDPI AG, 2022-03)Abstract Frugivorous primates have developed several strategies to deal with wild fruit scarcity, such as modifying their activity budget or enlarging their diet. Agricultural expansion threatens primate habitats and ... -
Returns to spending on agricultural extension: the case of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program of Uganda
(Agricultural economics, 2011)The aim of this paper is to assess the direct and indirect impacts of the agricultural extension system of Uganda, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program, on household agricultural income. Data from ... -
Response of locally adapted pearl millet populations to s1 progeny recurrent selection for grain yield and resistance to rust
(African Crop Science Journal, 2016)In the semi-arid zones of Uganda, pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) is mainly grown for food and income; but rust (Puccinia substriata var indica (L.) R. Br.) is the main foliar constraint lowering yield. ... -
Registration of ‘NAROSORG2’ Sorghum Variety with Desirable Farmer Attributes for Uganda
(International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences, 2020)Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the major cereal in Uganda that has recently evolved from being a food crop to a cash crop. However, low farm yields of less than 500 kg ha-1 have been recorded due to both abiotic ... -
Registration of ‘NAROSORG1 and NAROSORG3’ Sorghum Varieties with High Grain Yield and Superior Grain Qualities from Uganda
(International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences, 2020)Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the third most important cereals after maize and rice in Uganda. It is mainly grown by the resource-poor rural farmers in Uganda as a staple food, but this trend has changed recently ... -
Mapping of outdoor food and beverage advertising around primary and secondary schools in Kampala city, Uganda
(BMC Public Health, 2021)Marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages is recognized as a contributing factor to the global increase in overweight and obesity, particularly among children. Such marketing negatively affects children’s dietary preferences, ... -
Food insecurity, dietary diversity and the right to adequate food among households in landslide-prone communities in Eastern Uganda: A cohort study
(Plos one, 2023)We assessed food insecurity, dietary diversity and the right to adequate food among households in communities in Eastern Uganda that were affected by major landslides in 2010 and 2018. A prospective cohort study was ... -
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
(Food Policy, 2014)Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact ... -
Production Determinants of the Pearl Millet Cropping System in Uganda and Implications to Productivity
(2016)Pearl millet is an important crop for people living in semi-arid areas in Uganda but not much is known about its production environment. A survey was conducted in eastern and northern regions of Uganda to characterise ... -
Adoption of Soil Conservation through Collective Actions in SouthWestern Uganda
(African Crop Science Journal, 2017)In developing countries, access to and use of renewable natural resources are essential for rural livelihoods to thrive. Hence, cooperation in the management of natural resources is increasingly an important strategy that ... -
Characterization of Soil Conditions for Wild Edible Plants’ Habitats in Semi-Arid Areas of Uganda
(IJAIR, 2015)Wild edible plants are known to supplement farm crops in rural African households, especially during famine periods. In Uganda, conservation of such plants is at stake. Their habitats are continuously being degraded ...
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