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  Determinants of climate change adaptation among male and female headed farm households in eastern Uganda

  African Crop Science Society, 2012

  Climate change adaptation responses of male and female farmers are influenced by various factors. This study utilised a combination of descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis to study the factors that influence the decision to adapt to a given climate change scenario.
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  New approaches to promoting flexible and forward-looking decision making: insights from complexity science, climate change adaptation and ‘serious gaming’

  Overseas Development Institute, 2013

  Policy-makers are often tasked with making difficult decisions in the face of an uncertain future outlook. Will infrastructural investments still be relevant in 25 years? What new markets are likely to emerge in the medium term? How will a gradual increase in average temperatures over the coming decades affect livelihood security?
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  Climate risk management for sustainable crop production in Uganda: Rakai and Kapchorwa districts

  United Nations Development Programme, 2013

  Uganda has been regarded as a development success story due to its increasing economic growth and declining poverty. Nevertheless, the country’s economic dependence on agriculture makes it very sensitive to climate variability and change.
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  Access to ICT Higher Education: Reflections on Good Practices in Promoting Gender Equality at Makerere University

  2005

  This chapter explores access to ICT training in Makerere University by gender. It focuses on selected examples showing the promotion of general access to ICT training in the university. Examples of the Department of Women and Gender Studies (DWGS) and the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (FCIT) are utilised.
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  Towards a Model for Implementing Local E-government in Uganda

  2011

  This paper reports on a study that developed a model for implementing local e-government in Uganda, as an example of a developing country. The model which builds on an existing one defines dimensions of financial constraints, ICT infrastructure, sensitization, training and social political factors as pre-requisites for successfully implementing local e-government projects in Uganda.
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  Improving Nutrition Through Agriculture in Nigeria and Uganda: Needs, Opportunities, Requirements and Strategies for the Future

  2011

  This paper presents the report of workshops held in 2010 in East and West Africa. The workshops were aimed primarily at promoting network among policy makers, researchers, scientists, academicians and other stakeholders in nutrition/health and agriculture.
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  In the face of war: examining sexual vulnerabilities of Acholi adolescent girls living in displacement camps in conflict-affected Northern Uganda

  Human Security Gateway, 2012

  Adolescent girls are an overlooked group within conflict-affected populations and their sexual health needs are often neglected. Girls are disproportionately at risk of HIV and other STIs in times of conflict, however the lack of recognition of their unique sexual health needs has resulted in a dearth of distinctive HIV protection and prevention responses.
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  Nationally appropriate mitigation action study on sustainable charcoal in Uganda

  2013

  The charcoal sector provides one of the greatest opportunities to prevent carbon emissions in least developed countries (LDCs) while fostering significant sustainable development benefits. The objective of this nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA) study is to provide Uganda with an opportunity to help shape its future low carbon development.
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  Facing the Resource Curse: Norway’s Oil for Development Program

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2012

  Norway's Oil for Development (OfD), begun in 2005, is a comprehensive program addressing resource, financial and environmental dimensions with a focus on capacity development in the public sector but including larger sector governance concerns.
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  Driving change through rural radio debate in Uganda: evaluation report

  2011

  This 100-page mid-term evaluation report shares findings of an assessment of the Rural Radio Debate (RRD) Project implemented by Panos Eastern Africa (PEA) since July 2009. According to the evaluation, there is evidence of positive results for achieving the project objectives and demonstrating that the RRD methodology is effective in achieving its intended purpose.

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