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Bob Denis Odongo
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Access to livelihood assets, adaptive strategies and livelihood outcomes among refugees in Bidibidi settlement-Uganda.
REFNo: SS2114ES

Objectives of the study The main object of this study is to investigate factors that influence refugees’ access to sustainable livelihoods in Bidibidi settlement in Uganda. Specific Objective Stemming from the aim of the study as outlined above, this study sought to achieve the following specific and subsidiary objectives. 1) To explore factors that influence access and utilisation of livelihood assets among refugees in Uganda 2) To assess livelihood barriers and enablers for refugees in achieving sustainable livelihoods outcomes. 3) To examine the key adaptation and coping strategies that facilitates refugees’ achievement of livelihood outcomes. 4) To develop a modal on sustainable livelihood by the end of the study that will guide refugee programming.
Uganda 2024-01-05 9:07:36 2027-01-05 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Michael OCAIDO
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Optimisation of integrated control of ticks and tsetse flies in mixed game and livestock interfaces in Uganda
REFNo: A365ES

The aim of the project is to introduce and demonstrate the profitability of community participation in strategic control of tsetse flies and ticks by restrictive spraying of vector predilection sites on cattle using dual purpose deltamethrin products in Mixed Game Livestock Interfaces
 Uganda 2024-01-05 9:04:52 2027-01-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Doreen Nampamya
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Impact of Robusta coffee systems diversification on mycorrhizal diversity & traits: Implication for soil fertility and Carbon sequestration in Uganda
REFNo: A328ES

1. To determine the ecological distribution of soil mycorrhizal fungal community in Ugandan Robusta coffee systems.
2. To determine the effect of Robusta coffee system diversification on soil mycorrhizal diversity and structure across a climatic gradient
3. To assess the effects of mycorrhizal traits on soil productivity and carbon sequestration in three different climatic zones of Robusta coffee systems of Uganda
4. To determine the effect of mycorrhiza association on rooting ability of Robusta coffee seedlings

Uganda 2024-01-05 9:04:03 2027-01-05 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
PATRICK MUSINGUZI
ID: UNCST-2023-R007731
 UTILITY, ACCEPTABILITY AND APPLICABILITY OF A NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST (NAAT) IN COMPARISON WITH SYNDROMIC APPROACH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN UGANDA.
REFNo: HS3100ES

To estimate the actual relative prevalence of causative agents of STDs in our study setting.,To evaluate the acceptability of the NAAT.,To assess the degree of concordance between actual pathogens diagnosed through the molecular test and the presumed pathogens indicated by the syndromic approach.,To evaluate whether the use of NAAT for the management of STDs improves clinical outcome and microbiological cure compared with the syndromic approach.,To evaluate whether microbiological diagnosis using NAAT improves appropriateness of therapy of STDs (as a measure of clinical usefulness) in comparison with the syndromic approach without or with limited laboratory tests currently in use.,
 Uganda 2024-01-05 9:01:56 2027-01-05 Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Juliet Kyayesimira
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DEVELOPING ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING FROM CASSAVA WASTE IN EAST AFRICA
REFNo: NS681ES

To develop a financial model and business case for the eco-friendly bio-degradable packaging material from cassava waste.,To develop sample packaging prototypes for food and other packaging purposes,To determine the quality of laboratory scale sheets of cassava waste.,To establish a baseline situation for commercial bio-waste packaging production through identification and mapping out key resources and value chain actors.,To develop, test, and commercialize biodegradable and environmentally-friendly packaging solutions from cassava waste for the East African Market.,
 Uganda 2024-01-05 8:56:15 2027-01-05 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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