Tag: mitigation

Panelists and research fellows in group photo with the centre Director and the Principal CoBAMS after the IGE Policy Dialogue on 20th December 2023 in Kampala. Sheraton Hotel, Uganda.

Environmental Economists want a “Green Fund” Established

Environmental Economists from Makerere University and stakeholders in environment and natural resources sectors have expressed the need for Uganda to establish a Green Fund to finance...

Dr. Ackim Mwape from the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases-GRA (Right) with alumni representatives from various countries during the launch of the GRA-RUFORUM Alumni Network in Africa on 1st November 2023 at a side-event of the 19th RUFORUM AGM. 19th RUFORUM AGM, Theme: “Transforming Higher Education to Sustainably Feed and Create Prosperity for Africa”, 28th October-2nd November 2023 “Accelerating and Scaling-Up Africa’s Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Actions: Experiences and Lessons” side-event 1st November 2023 at Palais de Congrès, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa.

Agriculture & Environment1 year ago

RUFORUM 19th AGM Urges Africa to Take the Lead on Climate Action

By Agaba Issa Mugabo As the impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt across Africa, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)...

Participants at the Policy Dialogue on Climate Science held at the School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (SFEGS), College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University on 20th June 2023. Kampala Uganda.

Agriculture & Environment2 years ago

Mak hosts Climate Science Policy Dialogue

Theme: Climate Change Knowledge Brokering Overview Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C in...

The Botany-Zoology Quadrangle, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Research2 years ago

Time is not always money: A preliminary study on socially sustainable strategies of BXW mitigation efforts in Mbarara region, Uganda

Following the Ugandan government’s announcement in 2016 that banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease was under control, national-level anti-BXW support dwindled to the point of leaving farmers...

The Study PI-Prof. Nelson Sewankambo (2nd R) and members of his team; Dr. Daniel Semakula (C) and Dr. David Kaawa-Mafigiri (2nd R) chat with Mak-RIF’s Ms. Harriet Adong (L) after the research dissemination on 3rd August 2021, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

Health3 years ago

New Research Affirms Need to Engage Communities During Pandemics

By Racheal Ninsiima Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal reports in popular media suggested that there was low risk perception of the disease among communities...