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
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-40712 2019 CC BY 4.0 19 Nov 2023
Working Document Series Open Access The state and status of Shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa): Uses and conservation D. Akatwetaba · A. Egeru · B. Mugonola The Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is one of the most important indigenous trees occurring in at least 20 countries in the drylands of Africa running from the Sahelian in West Africa to East Africa. It is a non- timber tree that grows in … RUF-39021 2018 CC BY 4.0 25 Feb 2021
Journal articles Open Access The role of camel production on household resilience to droughts in pastoral and agro-pastoral households in Uganda J.H. Ainembabazi · D. Aleper · Robert Asiimwe · G.M. Diiro +3 more Recurrent and prolonged droughts have exacerbated the problems of pasture and water scarcity in arid and semiarid lands (ASALs), hence, the need for immediate and long-term adaption strategies to such shocks. Camels are increasingly being … RUF-38207 2020 CC BY 4.0 31 Mar 2020
Journal articles Open Access Socio-economic determinants of pastoralists’ choice of camel production in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda D. Aleper · Robert Asiimwe · A. Egeru · J. Namaalwa +1 more Camel production is a potential avenue for improved food and income security in dryland areas of East Africa. Despite this potential, there is a dearth of information on the increasing choice of camel production among pastoralists in the r… RUF-37245 2017 CC BY 4.0 29 Sep 2017
Journal articles Open Access Climate change and agriculture nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: the agonizing reality for smallholder farmers Ekwamu Adipala · A. Egeru · George Kanyama Phiiri Climate change is one of the potent challenges facing smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in the recent past owing to the pattern and magnitude with which it presents the extreme events such as floods and drought. This review finds a… RUF-35907 2016 CC BY 4.0 26 Feb 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Evaluating accessibility and usability of dissemination pathways for delivering climate information and services to vulnerable groups in semi-arid Kenya V. Kirui · Bebe. Omedo · Oseni. Saidu Access and use of climate information and services are essential for building adaptation to impacts of climate change. These include early warning systems, weather forecasts, and research outputs relating to climate change adaptation in re… RUF-35163 2010 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015
