Research articles: Recent submissions
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The Potential of Deep Learning Object Detection in Citizen-Driven Snail Host Monitoring to Map Putative Disease Transmission Sites
(Citizen Science: Theory and Practice., 2024)Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic flukes transmitted by freshwater snails. Despite increasing efforts of mass drug administration, schistosomiasis remains a public health concern and the ... -
Perspectives on health, illness, disease and management approaches among Baganda traditional spiritual healers in Central Uganda
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2024)In Uganda, spirituality is closely associated with traditional healthcare; however, though prevalent, it is considered controversial, mystical, less documented and often misunderstood. There is a paucity of literature on ... -
Does Equity Matter in Natural Resource and Livelihood Benefits? Revenue Sharing Policy Implementation at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2024)This paper presents and interprets key parameters within Revenue Sharing policy implementation framework and links them to people’s livelihood improvement and conservation. This study creates a linkage between equitable ... -
First evidence on the occurrence of multi‑mycotoxins and dietary risk exposure to AFB1 along the cassava value chain in Uganda
(Mycotoxin Research, 2024)This study investigated the occurrence and distribution of multiple mycotoxins (aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2, fumonisins B1, B2, ochratoxin A (OTA), deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN), and citrinin (CIT)) in cassava ... -
Land Tenure Regimes and Women’s Land Rights in Uganda; Legality and the Land Legal Framework.
(Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2021)A review on the implications of land tenure regimes on women’s land rights is relevant in the Ugandan context and other countries in Africa due to the fact that land is in many ways the most important productive resource ... -
The Nexus between Gendered Power Relations and Socioeconomic Livelihoods of Female-Headed Households: Evidence from Uganda
(American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS), 2024-07)Managing a home is traditionally appreciated as the role-sharing phenomenon between a man and woman with their children at some point. Over time, there has been an evolution of family structure not only here in Uganda but ... -
Women Productive Resource Ownership and their Contribution to the Changing Family Patterns in Ankole Sub-Region, Uganda
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2024)This study explores how changes in family dynamics, particularly marriage and gender roles, in the Ankole Sub-region are influenced by women’s economic empowerment, specifically through their access and control over ... -
Does Equity Matter in Natural Resource and Livelihood Benefits? Revenue Sharing Policy Implementation at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2024)This paper presents and interprets key parameters within Revenue Sharing policy implementation framework and links them to people’s livelihood improvement and conservation. This study creates a linkage between equitable ... -
Assessment of the Efficiency of Problematic Animal Interventions in Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Uganda: A Case Study of Lake Mburo National Park
(International Journal of Advanced Research, 2024)Human-wildlife conflict is a significant challenge in Uganda, particularly in areas where human populations and wildlife habitats overlap. This study examines the efficiency of various interventions aimed at mitigating ... -
Greed or Grievance? Linking Revenue Sharing Implementation to Unauthorised Resource Use and Conservation Support at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(International Journal of Advanced Research, 2024)Revenue sharing is considered a major incentive to promote Community Based Approaches to conservation of protected areas. The sharing of revenue from Protected Area resources is supported by conservationists to promote ... -
Collaboration or Contravention? Ramifications For Effective Participatory Decision-Making in Collaborative Forest Management at Echuya Central Forest Reserve, South Western Uganda
(East African Journal of Forestry & Agroforestry, 2024)Participatory decision-making has been extensively adopted worldwide as an essential mechanism and a good governance principle to reach a consensus in natural resource management. However, in most communities, local people ... -
Mobile phone technology for increasing banana productivity among smallholder farmers in Uganda
(Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 2021)This study aimed at assessing the level of mobile phone use in Ugandan agricultural extension, and to establish the extent to which mobile phone Viamo’s 3-2-1 service, hosted by Airtel Uganda, was being accessed and how ... -
Distribution and farmers’ knowledge on Fusarium wilt (Race 1) in cropping systems of Uganda
(African Journal of Plant Science, 2021)The study aimed at understanding the spatial distribution of Fusarium wilt (FW) in different banana growing regions, ascertain the effect of management practices and plantation age on FW incidence, as well as investigate ... -
Maize meal (posho) served at selected boarding schools in western Uganda is highly contaminated with aflatoxins
(World Mycotoxin Journal, 2024-01)The study aimed to evaluate food handling practices and assess the maize-bean supply chain in selected boarding schools of western Uganda. Additionally, its ought to determine the extent of aflatoxin exposure in the ... -
Assessing scale reliability in citizen science motivational research: lessons learned from two case studies in Uganda
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024)Citizen science (CS) is gaining global recognition for its potential to democratize and boost scientific research. As such, understanding why people contribute their time, energy, and skills to CS and why they (dis)continue ... -
Strengthening Women’s Potentials and Capabilities: A Perceived Strategy to Narrow the Gender-Gap in Land Rights in South-Western Uganda
(Advances in Social Sciences and Management, 2023)The gender gap in land rights operates within the broader context of the bigger gender gap in society which is rooted deeply in informal/normative and formal/statutory structures. Security of tenure is a major determinant ... -
Interrogating the Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in Mbarara City in Southwestern Uganda
(East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 2023)The urbanization in Mbarara City Southwestern Uganda has increased the number of built-up and small-scale agricultural areas thus escalating pressure on the grassland and woodlot areas hence influencing land fragmentation ... -
Integrating Adolescent Mental Health into HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs: Can Implementation Science Pave the Path Forward?
(AIDS and Behavior, 2023)Adolescent mental health (AMH) is a critical driver of HIV outcomes, but is often overlooked in HIV research and programming. The implementation science Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework ... -
Does the farmer’s social information network matter? Explaining adoption behavior for disaster risk reduction measures using the theory of planned behavior
(International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2023)Smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate-related disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing, partly due to land-use changes and poor adoption behavior for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures. Such behavior can ...
