Working Document Series Open Access Financing innovations for agricultural credit facility policy challenges in Uganda. Contextualizing the usefulness of the Decision Enhancement Credit Facilitation Approach (DECFA) for farmer financing F. M. Ahabyoona · J.T. Lubega · M. K. Musoke This paper outlines financial innovations that can generate controlled, quality and timely data on the credit management practices of smallholder farmers in Uganda, ideal for policy makers to strengthen the design and implementation of con… RUF-40717 2019 CC BY 4.0 20 Nov 2023
Journal articles Open Access ICT supported Extension Services in Conservation Agriculture Information Access for Small Holder Farmers in Laikipia County, Kenya J.C. Achora · H. Sseguya This paper examines how Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are used in the Conservation Agriculture (CA) knowledge pathways. It discusses the parallel knowledge pathways smallholder farmers’ use to access conservation agricultur… RUF-38332 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2020
TAGDev Resources Open Access Microbiological and compositional quality of raw milk delivered by small scale dairy farmers to the milk collection centres in northern Tanzania P. Banda · L. Kurwijila · Neema John Mboya Milk samples were collected from small scale dairy farmers who brought their milk to milk collection centres (MCCs) and vendors in the study area in Tanzania. A total of 310 milk samples were collected. The bacteriological quality, physico… RUF-36657 2017 CC BY 4.0 24 Mar 2017
Theses & Dissertations Open Access A comparative analysis of the use and management of wild edible plants on food security among transhumance and settled farmers in semiarid East Shewa, Ethiopia Feyssa Debela Hunde Drylands have a several livelihood problems where food insecurity features as one of the most serious impediments. Food security is among the key problems faced by semiarid people of Ethiopia in general and East Shewa in particular. Wild e… RUF-35767 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2015
Theses & Dissertations Open Access On-farm evaluation of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties in northeastern Uganda Emmanuel Gilbert. Omiat Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties currently represent the least expensive, year-round source of dietary vitamin A available to poor families in Eastern Africa. An on-farm study was conducted in North-Eastern Uganda to assess fiel… RUF-35400 2004 CC BY 4.0 23 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Economic efficiency of mango-based agroforestry systems for improved livelihoods in Buzaya county, Kamuli district M. Bukenya · M. Buyinza · P. Byakagaba · M. Nabalegwa This study analyzed the economic efficiency of mango (Mangifera indica) growers in Buzaya country, Kamuli District, Uganda. It estimated the existing scales of mango growers, their relative resource-use efficiency, the relative profitabili… RUF-34837 2010 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Cost-sharing of agricultural extension service: What patterns are most effective in Nigeria? N. Ozor With recent changes in the financing and delivery of agricultural extension service worldwide due to inability of some governments to cope with varied needs of clients, most reforms initiated tend towards a pluralistic approach and financi… RUF-34198 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Agro Market Day L. Katusiime Every district in Uganda has markets which open on different days selling a variety of produce. Farmers bring their produce to these markets with the hope of getting buyers but it is not always obvious that they get buyers so they have to … RUF-33829 2014 CC BY 4.0 10 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Temporal Population Dynamics of Storage Insect Pests and their Management Using Safer Grain Protectants in Maize Smallholder Systems of Zimbabwe B.M. Mvumi · R. Rwafa The study aims to determine peak flight activity periods and develop a safer and more efficacious grain protection strategies using different combinations of new and commercial diatomaceous earths (DEs), biopesticides and minimal pyrethroi… RUF-32944 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access Skill and Competence Reshaping Africa's Future None RUF-31271 2010 CC BY 4.0 28 Jun 2013
