Coffee is an important crop for the Ugandan economy, as it earns the country US$415 million in foreign export revenues and supports 1.7 million smallholder farmers (UCDA, 2016). Nevertheless, coffee yields have stagnated for over a decade, despite concerted efforts to improve productivity. Climat...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Mukasa, David
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Bukomeko, Hannington
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Kemigisha, Elizabeth
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Kirungi, Diana
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Giller, Onno
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool]
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Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool
Coffee and banana production in Uganda will be affected by climate change. While rainfall quantity might not drastically alter, its distribution is expected to become more erratic. Furthermore, the average temperature is expected to increase by 2 °C in the next few decades. This will affect coffe...
Kangire A
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Verhagen J
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Koomen I
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[Towards climate smart agriculture: lessons from a coffee × banana case. Experiences from research for policy support in Uganda]
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Towards climate smart agriculture: lessons from a coffee × banana case. Experiences from research for policy support in Uganda
Using socio-economic scenarios in policy formulation allows for an anticipatory approach to governance processes and the formulation of policies/plans that take into account future uncertainty To fully benefit from the dividends of scenario planning in the Ugandan context, there is need to build ...
Rutting, Lucas
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Tumuhereze, Martin
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Muchunguzi, Perez
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Acosta, Mariola
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Okiror, John Francis
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Scenario-guided policy planning in Uganda]
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Scenario-guided policy planning in Uganda
Coffee-Banana Intercropping (VBI) addresses all 3 pillars of CSA in a multifaceted way. CBI in both Arabica nad Robusta generates 50% more revenue then either coffee or banana monocrop. Farmers' risk is reduced by practising CBI, making them more resilient to climate change impacts. Transformatio...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Ochola D
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Wairegi, L.W.I.
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Nibasumba A
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Mukasa D
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[Coffee-Banana Intercropping: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors]
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Coffee-Banana Intercropping: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors
Updated on 13/09/2016. Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) is a set of practices related to cropping, fertilizers, organic resources and other amendments on smallholder farms to increase production and input use efficiency. ISFM delivers productivity gains, increased resilience, and miti...
Roobroeck D
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Jama B
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Harawa R
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Contributions of framework and practices to climate-smart agriculture]
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Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Contributions of framework and practices to climate-smart agriculture
Key messages: Participants in policy processes require constant communication and networking among stakeholders to be able to exploit the available policy windows. The review process requires a dynamic and engaging tool. The robustness of a review tool is one step toward having a good and fruitfu...
Muchunguzi, Perez
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Acosta, Mariola
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Rutting, Lucas
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Tumuhereze, Martin
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Okiror, John Francis
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Scenario guided policy planning: processes, comparisons, and lessons from East Africa]
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Scenario guided policy planning: processes, comparisons, and lessons from East Africa