Browsing Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Environment by Subject "Uganda"

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    • Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development 

      Mutebi Kalibwani, Rebecca; Twebaze, Jennifer; Kamugisha, Rick; Kakuru, Medard; Sabiiti, Moses; Kugonza, Irene; Tenywa, Moses; Nyamwaro, Sospeter (Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2017)
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the livelihoods of rural farming households. ...

    • SAFETY AND EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS ROOT BARK EXTRACT OF Citropsis articulata (OMUBORO) ON SEXUAL FUNCTION IN MALE RATS 

      Joseph, Oloro; Amon G., Agaba; Paul E., Alele; Martin, Amanya; J.K, Tanayen; J.O.C, Ezeonwumelu (Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 2013)
      About 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicine for the treatment of various health conditions. Erectile dysfunction is one of the conditions commonly treated using traditional herbs on large scale because the ...

    • Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control 

      Kabatereine, Narcis B; Kazibwe, Francis; Tukahebwa, E. M.; Twa-Twa, J. M.; Barenzi, J. F. Z.; Zaramba, S.; Stothard, J. R.; Fenwick, A.; Brooker, S. (Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2005-11)
      A countrywide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren from 271 schools. The overall prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura ...

    • Spatial analysis of the distribution of intestinal nematode infections in Uganda. 

      Kabatereine, N. B.; Brooker, S; Tukahebwa, E. M.; Kazibwe, F. (2004)
      The Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, World Health Organization, World Food Programme and the Wellcome Trust (through its provision of an Advanced Training Fellowship to SB (062692)). The satellite data used in this study ...

    • The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Challenges Faced by Ugandan Smallholder Farmers. Review Article. 

      Rebecca, Kalibwani; Willbroad, Byamukama; Businge, Phelix Mbabazi (EAST AFRICAN NATURE & SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 2022-04-26)
      The influence of ICT use on smallholder farmers in rural farming is examined in this article, as well as the obstacles that ICT use presents. The paper reviews that ICT plays a very important role in the dissemination ...