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Climate Risk Management for Sustainable Crop Production in Uganda: Rakai and Kapchorwa Districts

Author: 
Julie Dekens, Jason Dion, Sophie Kutegeka, Kenneth Nyombi, Barbara Nakangu, Robert Bagyenda, Martha Mbosa, Matthew McCandless

Agriculture is the backbone of the Ugandan economy. Most of it is rain-fed and relies on limited external inputs, making the country very sensitive to climate variability and change. The impacts of floods and droughts on maize, beans and coffee production already threaten rural livelihoods. Temperatures in Uganda have been steadily increasing since 1960, and climate hazards such as floods and droughts have become more frequent and intense, a trend expected to continue.

Type of Risk: 
Production related-risks
Type of Risk management option: 
Risk Reduction/Mitigation
Organization: 
UNDP / IISD
Publication Date: 
2013
Online Location: 
http://www.iisd.org/publications/climate-risk-management-sustainable-crop-produc...
Number of Pages: 
55
Language: 
English
Region: 
Africa
Country: 
Uganda
Document: 
application/pdf iconcrm_uganda.pdf


Africa Agriculture Status Reports 2014

Author: 
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

As the second in the series of the African Agriculture Status Report, this volume seeks to provide an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of emerging issues and challenges faced by African smallholder farmers, and allow scholars and professionals to contribute practical and evidence-based solutions.

Type of Risk: 
Production related-risks
Type of Risk management option: 
Risk Reduction/Mitigation
Organization: 
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Publication Date: 
2014
Online Location: 
http://agra-alliance.org/our-results/agra-status-reports/
Number of Pages: 
218
Language: 
English
Region: 
Africa
Country: 
Global
Publications Link: 
http://agra-alliance.org/our-results/agra-status-reports/


Zoonoses - New Research Studies

Region: 
Global
Country: 
Global
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/60920/Default.aspx
Description: 

DFID stakeholders’ strategi

Project Date: 
Sun, 01/01/2012
Organization: 
Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
Royal Veterinary College
University of Glasgow
University of Stirling


Water and Food Challenge Programme

Region: 
Global
Country: 
Brazil
Country: 
Japan
Country: 
Philippines
Country: 
Sweden
Country: 
Uganda
Country: 
United States of America
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/60685/Default.aspx
Description: 

In developing countries, wa

Project Date: 
Tue, 04/01/2008
Organization: 
Challenge Program on Water and Food Secretariat


Understanding traditional patterns of multi-purpose tree seed exchange and use in small farm communities

Region: 
Global
Country: 
Sri Lanka
Country: 
Honduras
Country: 
Malawi
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/1050/Default.aspx
Description: 

There has been much research c

Project Date: 
Thu, 01/06/1994
Organization: 
Natural Resources International Limited
Overseas Development Institute


Tree-planting in Kenya

Region: 
Africa
Country: 
Kenya
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/3475/Default.aspx
Description: 

Within the current conceptuali

Project Date: 
Sun, 01/09/2000
Organization: 
Natural Resources Institute
Natural Resources International Limited


Sustainable Integrated Management of Whiteflies as Pests and Vectors of Plant Viruses in the Tropics: Phase 2 - Network Strengthening, Pest and Disease Dynamics and IPM Component Research

Region: 
Africa
Country: 
Colombia
Country: 
Ecuador
Country: 
El Salvador
Country: 
Guatemala
Country: 
Uganda
Country: 
Tanzania
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/3029/Default.aspx
Description: 

This proposal seeks funds from

Project Date: 
Thu, 01/04/2001
Organization: 
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agricola, El Salvador
Danforth Center
Ford Foundation
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria
Makerere University
Manecur
National Root Crops Co-ordinator, Sugarcane Research Institute, Tanzania
Natural Resources Institute
Natural Resources International Limited
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID
PROFRIJOL, Guatemala
Tel Aviv University
University of Arizona


Strategies for feeding smallholder dairy cattle in intensive maize forage production systems and implications for integrated pest management

Region: 
Africa
Country: 
Kenya
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/2853/Default.aspx
Description: 

Small-scale dairying is import

Project Date: 
Thu, 01/04/2001
Organization: 
CABI Africa Regional Centre
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
National Agricultural Research Laboratory, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Natural Resources International Limited
University of Reading


Rural Development and Agricultural Restructuring in Emerging Economies: Lessons from Poland.

Region: 
Global
Country: 
Poland
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/3003/Default.aspx
Description: 

The emergence of rural poverty

Project Date: 
Fri, 01/04/2002
Organization: 
European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford
Foundation for Economic and Social Initiatives
Research Centre for Economic and Statistical Studies of the Polish Central Statistical Office
Social Science Research Unit, Department for International Development
University of Karlsruhe
University of Lancaster


Resource used by Small farmers, The Case of Hillside cultivation in Jamaica

Region: 
Latin America and Caribbean
Country: 
Jamaica
Website Link: 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/Project/1095/Default.aspx
Project Date: 
Fri, 01/10/1992