Working Document Series Open Access Understanding Gender Risk Behaviour: Panacea to Adoption of Innovations and Technology for Mitigating the Effect of Climate Variability J. O. Ibukun · O. A. Oluwafemi · E. A. Opeyemi · A. Tahirou Innovative research aimed at mitigating the effect of climate variability on farmers output must be adopted before the desired outcome can be achieved. Adoption of any innovation, which is deeply rooted in risk behaviour and may differ acc… RUF-40801 2019 CC BY 4.0 22 Nov 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Assessment of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Variability of Smallholder Dry Bean Farmers in Hoima District, Uganda S. Baguma · N. Mbabazi · W.J. Van den Berg The adverse effects of climate change and variability have affected crop production through the increasing erratic rainfall, drought, floods, pests, and diseases that have significantly reduced crop yields in many places including Uganda. … RUF-40778 2019 CC BY 4.0 21 Nov 2023
Journal articles Open Access Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Errahad Locality, Sudan, Using Remote Sensing and GIS H. E. A. Adam · H. M. A. Elamin · E. S. Eltahir · Y. M. Osman The study aimed to identify, assess and mapping of land use and land cover in the period of 1985 to 2015 in Errahad Locality in North Kordofan State, Sudan. In addition, to investigate the impacts of socio-economic activities on land use a… RUF-39695 2022 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2022
Working Document Series Open Access Effect of refugees and host communities on the natural resource degradation: A case study on Hitsats Kebele, northern Ethiopia M. Biedemariam · T. Gebretinsae · M. Hagazi · H. Haileselassie +2 more Land based subsistent farming has been practiced in Ethiopia, particularly in the Northern parts where Eritrean refugees and host communities are many. Natural resource degradation due to recurrent cutting down trees for cooking and baking… RUF-39588 2018 CC BY 4.0 29 Jun 2022
Journal articles Open Access Past and future land use/land cover changes from multi-temporal Landsat imagery in Mpologoma catchment, eastern Uganda J. Bunyangha · A. Egeru · N.N. Gichuki · M.G.J. Majaliwa +1 more Land use/cover (LULC) change is a major concern in Africa’s river basins and policy makers, environmentalists and other stakeholders tackling biodiversity and sustainable development issues in these watersheds require accurate information … RUF-39497 2021 CC BY 4.0 25 Feb 2022
Working Document Series Open Access The impact of human practices on environmental degradation and desertification in Alfula locality of West Kordofan State, Sudan A.A. Hamdon, · E.D.A. Kalthoum, The aim of this investigation was to assess the impact of human practices on environmental degradation and desertification in Alfula locality in West Kordofan, Sudan. The data used in this study were collected through focus group discussio… RUF-39334 2018 CC BY 4.0 27 Jul 2021
Journal articles Open Access Structural diversity consistently mediates species richness effects on aboveground carbon along altitudinal gradients in northern Ethiopian grazing exclosures H. Abrha · N. M. Adem · A. Berhe · Birhane Emiru +8 more Grazing exclosures have been promoted as an effective and low-cost land management strategy to recover vegetation and associated functions in degraded landscapes in the tropics. While grazing exclosures can be important reservoirs of biodi… RUF-39283 2021 CC BY 4.0 7 Jun 2021
Journal articles Open Access Socio-Economic Drivers of Degradation and Their Implication on Conservation of River Lumi Riparian Ecosystem in Kenya B. K. Kirui · E.K. Maranga · L. A. Ndalilo Riparian forests ecosystems play significant role in biodiversity conservation and provision of ecosystem goods and services which support local livelihoods. However, riparian ecosystems are threatened by degradation attributed to anthropo… RUF-39247 2020 CC BY 4.0 21 Apr 2021
Journal articles Open Access A Systematic Review of Drivers and Constraints on Agricultural Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa B. Adolph · A. S. A. Chapman · A. J. M. Devenish · N. P. Jellason +3 more Understanding the dynamics of agricultural expansion, their drivers, and interactions is critical for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem-services provision, and the future sustainability of agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa … RUF-39236 2021 CC BY 4.0 9 Apr 2021
Working Document Series Open Access Environmental, physical and microbial parameters of harvested rain-water supply system of El Obeid drinking water A. M. Abdelrahman · M.J. Hana · H.M. Mohamed This study was carried out to identify some environmental pollutants, physical and microbiological parameters of harvested drinking water supply of Elobeid town, North Kordofan, Sudan during the rainy season of 2016. Water samples were col… RUF-39000 2018 CC BY 4.0 24 Feb 2021
Journal articles Open Access Structural complexity and large-sized trees explain shifting species richness and carbon relationship across vegetation types Sylvanus Mensah · V.K. Salako · Thomas Seifert 1. It is prominently claimed that enhancing forest diversity would play a dual role of nature conservation and climate regulation. While the idea is intuitively appealing, studies show that species richness effects on above-ground carbon (… RUF-38600 2020 CC BY 4.0 31 Aug 2020
Journal articles Open Access Functional trait diversity is a stronger predictor of multifunctionality than dominance: Evidence from an Afromontane forest in South Africa A.E. Assogbadjo · R. Glèlè Kakaï · Sylvanus Mensah · V.K. Salako +2 more Studies on how biodiversity influences ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) help elucidate ecological mechanisms (e.g. niche complementarity and selection) underlying provision of multiple ecosystem services. While it is acknowledged that bi… RUF-38599 2020 CC BY 4.0 31 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Restoration status of Nakayiba wetland, Masaka, Uganda J. Bunyangha · H. S. Busulwa · P. Mucunguzi Many wetlands in Uganda have been converted into uses that are injurious to nature. However, besides just a few of them being restored, the success of restoration for any of them has not been assessed to guide future restoration efforts in… RUF-38538 2018 CC BY 4.0 13 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Restoration status of Nakayiba wetland, Masaka, Uganda J. Bunyangha · H. S. Busulwa · P. Mucunguzi Many wetlands in Uganda have been converted into uses that are injurious to nature. However, besides just a few of them being restored, the success of restoration for any of them has not been assessed to guide future restoration efforts in… RUF-38537 2018 CC BY 4.0 13 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Interaction entre les activités du 137Cs et la matière organique dans les sols du sous bassin versant de Bougoula en zone soudanienne du Mali B. Ahamadou · A. Bengaly · P. Bonte · D. Diallo Rural development, water resources management and more generally environmental protection programs need decision support tools. There is an urgent need to find simple, reliable and inexpensive diagnostic methods. The cesium 137 (137Cs) met… RUF-38533 2018 CC BY 4.0 13 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Intercropping potato with grain legumes for enhanced productivity and climate change adaptation in smallholder farms, Kenya C.K.K. Gachene · E. Geldermann · H.I Gitari · N.N. Karanja +2 more This study evaluated the effect of potato-grain legume intercropping systems on best land equivalent yield ratios, crop water productivity and net profits in field trials conducted in three agro-ecologies of Kenya: upper highland with seas… RUF-38517 2018 CC BY 4.0 13 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Impacts of land use/land cover dynamics on desertification in gum Arabic belt, Ennuhud locality, West Kordofan State, Sudan O. E. A. Abdelkareem · H. E. A. Adam · H. M. A. Elamin Desertification is a challenging issue in sub-Sahara Africa and Arab world. It is results from destruction of natural resources, agricultural lands and their political and social disturbances. Monitoring of desertification and land degrada… RUF-38496 2018 CC BY 4.0 12 Aug 2020
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Use of Information Communication Technologies in Conservation Agriculture Knowledge Pathways Among Smallholder Farmers in Machakos and Laikipia Counties, Kenya J.C. Achora The low integration of emerging Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Agricultural knowledge systems is a challenge to the timely provision of extension services to farmers. The main objective of this study was to analyse the us… RUF-38464 2019 CC BY 4.0 8 Aug 2020
Journal articles Open Access Short report on implications of COVID-19 and emerging zoonotic infectious diseases for pastoralists and Africa S. W. Dejene · A. Egeru · Aggrey Siya Many emerging and re-emerging zoonotic infectious diseases occur in Africa. These are projected to increase as human–animal host contact increases owing to increasing environmental degradation that shrinks nature habitats for wildlife over… RUF-38306 2020 CC BY 4.0 12 Jun 2020
TAGDev Resources Open Access Determining farmer’s preferences for land use practices under payment for environmental services in Lake Naivasha basin-Kenya J.M. Nyongesa This paper evaluates determinants of farmer’s preference for sustainable land use practices under Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme in three sub-counties of Nakuru County in Kenya. Data were collected from 200 randomly select… RUF-37578 2017 CC BY 4.0 16 Apr 2018
Journal articles Open Access Uganda’s rangeland policy: intentions, consequences and opportunities Bernard Barasa · David D. Briske · P. Byakagaba · A. Egeru This paper analyses Uganda’s rangeland policies and their ecological and socio-economic consequences, beginning in pre-colonial times. The paper interrogates what informed these policies, their objectives and outcomes that have been realiz… RUF-37381 2018 CC BY 4.0 7 Mar 2018
Journal articles Open Access Application of SWAT to assess the effects of land use change in the Murchison Bay catchment in Uganda Listowel Abugri Anaba · N. Banadda · Bernie Engel · N. Kiggundu +2 more The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a versatile model presently used worldwide to evaluate water quality and hydrological concerns under varying land use and environmental conditions. In this study, SWAT was used to simulate strea… RUF-36556 2016 CC BY 4.0 3 Feb 2017
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Application of common components and specific weights method to analyze local perception patterns of land degradation in Northern Benin (West Africa) Essomanda Tchandao Mangamana Common components and specific weights analysis (CCSWA) is a relatively recent multiblock statistical method that constitutes an extension of principal components analysis (PCA) in the case where different sets of quantitative variables ha… RUF-36047 2016 CC BY 4.0 4 Oct 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Enhancing genetic resistance to soybean rust disease M. Maphosa Soybean (Glycine max L.) is increasingly playing an important nutritive role in the food and feed industry in most countries. However, the crop is currently threatened by soybean rust disease (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). The rapid spread of so… RUF-35859 2013 CC BY 4.0 29 Jan 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Gender dimensions of smallholder farmers’ perceptions, knowledge and adaptations to climate change in Soroti district, Eastern Uganda T. Kisauzi Perceptions and knowledge play a key role in shaping individual and collective response to climate change. Furthermore, understanding what types and forms of adaptation are possible, feasible and likely; and who would be involved in their … RUF-35857 2014 CC BY 4.0 29 Jan 2016
