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Denis TUSHABOMWE
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The Impact Of Agricultural Markets Liberalisation On Gender Relations In Smallholder White Potato Value chains in Rubanda District, South-western Uganda. Ref. No.: MUSSS-2023-236
REFNo: SS1985ES

4. To explore the changes in financial benefits of males and females in White potato value chains. ,3. To examine the changes in gender power relations in the access to, control and management of productive resources between males and females in White potato value chains.,2. To analyse the changes in gender roles, patterns and degree of labour participation between males and females across various White Potato value chain nodes.,1. To determine the forms of value chains and practices that have emerged among White Potato farmers in Rubanda district. ,The principal objective of the study will be to investigate the impact of liberalisation of agricultural markets on gender relations in smallholder agricultural value chains in Uganda, focusing on White Potato value chains in Rubanda district. ,
Uganda 2023-10-31 19:37:29 2026-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Hajira Birungi
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ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM PILLARS AND PERFORMANCE OF SME’S IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF UGANDA
REFNo: SS1993ES

1 To investigate the relationship between institutional arrangements and performance of SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Uganda
2 To establish the relationship between resource endowments and performance of SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Uganda.
3 To find out the relationship between entrepreneurial ecosystem pillars and competitive advantage of SMEs in the manufacturing sector.
4 To examine the mediation effect of competitive advantage on entrepreneurial ecosystem pillars and performance of SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Uganda

Uganda 2023-10-31 19:35:59 2026-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Helen   Mukakarisa Kataratambi
ID: UNCST-2022-R010556
Development and piloting of an intervention for teaching and learning of therapeutic communication among nursing students in Kampala, Uganda
REFNo: HS3180ES

4. To assess the effectiveness of the designed intervention for teaching and learning TC among diploma nursing students in Kampala ,3. To design and pilot an educational intervention for teaching and learning of TC among diploma nursing students in Kampala ,2. To determine factors associated with teaching and learning TC among diploma nursing students in Kampala ,1. To explore facilitators and barriers to teaching and learning TC among among diploma nursing students in Kampala ,
Uganda 2023-10-31 19:29:23 2026-10-31 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Dorothy Massa
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Understanding Congolese Refugee Women at Risk Experiences in Light of Social Protection Initiatives and Policy Interventions in Uganda
REFNo: SS2108ES

Research Objectives
Explore the lived experiences, perceptions, and needs of Congolese RWaR in Nakivale refugee settlement.

Specifically, the research seeks to:
i. Describe the types and sources of risks, including Gender-Based Violence experienced by RWaR in their everyday life.
ii. Identify the resilience strategies utilized by RWaR and measures needed to thrive through different adversities.
iii. Explain how social protection programs and policies by state and non-state actors are shaping the social welfare, dignity and quality of life of RWaR.
iv. Propose ways through which RWaR social welfare, dignity, and quality of life can be sustained amidst hardships by RWaR, state and non-state actors.

Uganda 2023-10-31 19:25:40 2026-10-31 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Mary Nabacwa Ssonko
ID: UNCST-2023-R007407
The National Roll-out of the Care Policy Score in Uganda: A Contextualised Analysis of Uganda's Investment and Policy Actions on Care and Domestic Work
REFNo: SS2018ES

Identify opportunities towards policy influencing and action towards inclusion of Unpaid Care and Domestic work into national programmes and policy actions. ,Provide policy makers with evidence and Information to make informed decisions on these policies. ,Measure and track government progress and commitments systematically and holistically across public policy areas for unpaid care and domestic work. ,Assess, quantify and track the extent to which government policies related to care are adopted, budgeted for and implemented, and the extent to which they have a transformative effect on care and domestic work,
Uganda 2023-10-30 21:20:45 2026-10-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
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