Vidhya Sivanantham
ID: UNCST-2026-R023441
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Unpacking the Work of Healthcare Providers in Short-Term Medical Missions: An Institutional Ethnography Study in Uganda
REFNo: HS7011ES
The overall aim of the study is to examine how healthcare provider work is socially and institutionally organized during short-term medical and dental outreach in Kalangala District, Uganda.
The specific objectives are to:
1. Map existing evidence on how short-term medical and dental missions organize provider roles and workflows through a scoping review.
2. Explore how institutional texts (e.g., protocols, referral tools, policies) and local practices shape day-to-day decision-making among local and visiting providers. 3. Analyze how decision-making hierarchies and communication structures influence care delivery and interprofessional collaboration across local and international teams.
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Canada |
2026-02-02 12:10:35 |
2029-02-02 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Jackline Kirungi
ID: UNCST-2026-R023418
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Reversing colonial policies in the family: Societal Groups and the State Battle over Divorce in Uganda
REFNo: SS4823ES
1. How did the official positions touted by women’s activist groups during the 1995-2005 debates over the Domestic Relations Bill (DRB) on property distribution and no-fault divorce compare to the positions, perspectives, and inclinations held by representatives and rank-and-file members of these groups?
2. Religious discourse plays an important role in debates around the DRB, yet within religious communities, there is internal diversity. How is the diversity of perspectives and experiences of members of religious groups involved in the 1995-2005 debate?
3. For those who have lived through the 1995-2005 debate, what changes do they perceive in the development of public and private discourse over the years on issues of divorce, property division, and other related controversial topics?
4. For women who have divorced, sometimes called Nakyeyombekedde, what did they think and feel about the divorce reforms suggested during the 1995-2005 DRB campaign? Based on their experiences, observations, and values, what divorce programs do they suggest? Do they feel their voices are heard in these legal debates on divorce policy either in the past or today?
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Uganda |
2026-02-10 16:42:46 |
2029-02-10 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Atika Pasha
ID: UNCST-2026-R023311
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Impact Assessment Report in Uganda Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund (SMADF) Project
REFNo: A726ES
The main objective is to determine the effectiveness of cooperative strengthening as a pathway to rural transformation and improved economic opportunities for Uganda’s smallholder coffee farmers.
Specific Objectives are:
• Measure the causal impact of CECOFA membership on household, productivity, employment, resilience, and wellbeing indicators.
• Assess heterogeneous effects across three farmer categories: certified producers, non-certified producers, and new members.
• To evaluate CECOFA's organizational performance and service delivery after SMADF.
• To identify mechanisms through which cooperative membership influences outcomes.
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India |
2026-02-04 18:38:52 |
2029-02-04 |
Agricultural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Konrad Burchard Burchardi
ID: UNCST-2025-R023135
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Empowering Agriculturalists through Structured Experimentation (EASE)
REFNo: SS4724ES
With this project, we aim to measure how individualised experimentation influences the adoption of modern inputs by improving the ability of farmers to make decisions, based on direct observations, that suit their own soils and farming conditions. To accomplish this, we aim to examine both agronomic and behavioral outcomes:
Agronomic objectives :
- We want to estimate the impact of modern agricultural inputs on maize yields, depending on known soil characteristics measured through soil sample analysis.
- This will allow us to identify complementarities or substitution patterns between inputs (hybrid seeds, fertilizer) by comparing yields across structured experimental squares.
- We also expect this study to assess whether simple field experiments conducted by farmers themselves produce reliable agronomic information that can guide input choices.
Behavioral objectives:
- With this study, we want to understand how farmers engage with the structured experimentation methodology, and document how farmers interpret the outcomes of their experiments and how these outcomes shape their input decisions for the next agricultural season.
- A control/treated group design will also allow us to understand the added value of the EASE training beyond access to inputs alone, by comparing farmers who receive inputs plus experimentation training to farmers who receive inputs only.
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Germany |
2026-02-05 22:12:41 |
2029-02-05 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Charlotte Smith Alice
ID: UNCST-2025-R022981
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Understanding Women’s Purchasing Decisions of Internet-Enabled Handsets In Uganda
REFNo: SS4755ES
1. How does women’s understanding and perception of existing internet-enabled handset features / point-of-sale (POS) offerings / marketing / communications compare with that intended by providers?
2. What are the key internet-enabled handset features / POS offerings that would most influence women to purchase one? What are the trade-offs that women would make (between these features/POS offerings) when purchasing an internet-enabled handset?
3. How could handset sellers best communicate and market these key internet-enabled handset features/POS offerings to women?
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UK |
2026-01-13 16:16:17 |
2029-01-13 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Yasuka Tateishi
ID: UNCST-2025-R022932
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Impact of Urban Flooding on Businesses in Kampala
REFNo: SS4689ES
This study examines how extreme rainfall and recurring urban flooding disrupt firms in Kampala and what these disruptions may imply for long-term firm growth. The focus is on medium- to large-sized firms in the manufacturing, wholesale, and retail sectors operating in urban areas. The study aims to document firms’ exposure to flooding and characterises the frequency and duration of flood-related interruptions. It identifies the main channels through which flooding affects business activity, including direct disruptions at business premises and indirect disruptions transmitted through reduced urban connectivity that constrains access to workers, customers, suppliers, and road network. The study also examines how firms perceive flood risk, whether these perceptions influence location and planning decisions, and which coping and adaptation strategies firms adopt to maintain operational continuity. In doing so, it provides evidence on the patterns of firm vulnerability and resilience to flooding in Kampala and generates inputs that can support the design of targeted urban resilience and private sector support policies.
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Japan |
2026-02-05 22:00:27 |
2029-02-05 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Darius Blaj
ID: UNCST-2025-R022915
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Understanding the Social and Ecological Motivations behind the Chimpanzee Food
Grants
REFNo: NS1075ES
Contribute to understanding how social and ecological pressures may have
shaped the emergence of referential and socially meaningful communication.
To investigate whether chimpanzees use food grunts flexibly in order to avoid
receiving aggression during feeding.
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Romania |
2026-01-19 18:02:12 |
2029-01-19 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Aggrey Mugisha Duncan
ID: UNCST-2025-R022896
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Analyzing Economic News Coverage: A Comparative Study of the Print Media in Uganda
REFNo: SS4734ES
1. To analyze the frequency and trends in economic news coverage in The New Vision and The Monitor from June 2021 – June 2025.
2. To compare economic news frames across government-owned and private newspapers in Uganda, analyzing the influence of media ownership and journalist origin on the framing patterns used.
3. To explore the sources cited in economic news articles, comparing the reliance on government officials, business leaders, international organizations and others.
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Uganda |
2026-01-27 19:25:47 |
2029-01-27 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Bonny Kagaba
ID: UNCST-2025-R022730
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Transforming Futures: Women’s Social Entrepreneurship in Uganda in a Digital Age.
REFNo: SS4761ES
Specific Objectives
1. Explore digital tools
To examine how women social entrepreneurs use mobile money, social media, and e-commerce platforms to manage finances, reach customers, and scale their ventures.
2. Identify barriers to digital inclusion
To investigate challenges such as limited internet penetration, high electricity costs, low digital literacy, and persistent gendered norms that constrain women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship.
3. Assess policy and institutional implications
To evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives such as UWEP, GROW, and Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech program in supporting women’s digital entrepreneurship, and identify gaps in policy frameworks.
4. Contribute to theory and practice
To apply Dees’ (1998, 2001) principles of social entrepreneurship and digital inclusion indicators to analyse women’s entrepreneurial strategies, generating insights for academic scholarship, policy design, and practical interventions.
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Uganda |
2026-01-30 19:44:01 |
2029-01-30 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Gertrude Nakigozi
ID: UNCST-2025-R022719
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Pregnancy to Protection: Enhancing Vaccine Confidence for Lifelong Family Health
REFNo: HS6734ES
1. Identify factors that influence vaccine confidence among pregnant women and mothers to enhance immunization uptake at the family level, creating a positive ripple effect across the lifespan.
2. Identify opportunities for and barriers to expanding maternal vaccination coverage through evidence-based community focused approaches.
For objective two we will utilize qualitative methods to understand key stakeholder level perspectives on overcoming barriers related to the 3c’s and the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness (implementation outcomes, operationalized as defined by proctor et al. (60)) of mass education and vaccination campaigns that reach pregnant women outside of ANC facilities to expand vaccine access and catalyze uptake within the family unit. We will also explore how other routine immunization delivery across the lifespan can be similarly optimized.
Key informant participants will be identified through existing relationships with the MOH (in the case of policy level stakeholders) and community leaders (in the case of traditional birth attendants and village health team members).
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0 |
2025-11-07 5:00:01 |
2028-11-07 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Carissa Chew Tarmin
ID: UNCST-2025-R022671
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Decolonisation and Black/South Asian mixed-race identity in East Africa, 1940-1980
REFNo: SS4709ES
This is a historical project investigating race relations between South Asians and Africans in late colonial and early postcolonial Kampala through the lens of “mixed-racedness”. It contributes to part of my larger PhD Thesis that examines questions of race, identity, belonging, and nationalism across Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda in the period 1940-1980. My project explores how British missionaries and colonial agents introduced the concept of “mixed-racedness” to East Africa, asking questions about how Ugandans have identified with, rejected, and appropriated labels like “half-caste”, “chotara/kyotara” or “nusu”. I wish to conduct oral history interviews with a minimum of 10 people in Uganda who are of and older generation and of mixed African/South Asian heritage to discuss the ways in which late colonial and early postcolonial politics impacted their everyday lives. I also plan to consult a range of library and archival materials in Kampala to learn more about the history of Ugandan attitudes towards interracial relationships, the rise of mixed-raced movements such as the “Multiracial Community of Uganda”, and public debates over mixed-race people’s citizenship status after Independence.
Objectives:
1. To shed light on the “hidden histories” of interracial romances and people of mixed Black/South Asian heritage in Uganda, whose experiences are largely absent from the existing historiography.
2. To gain understanding of how colonial and early postcolonial debates influenced the lives and habits of interracial couples and mixed-race people in Kampala, including how attitudes and identities have shifted over time.
3. To produce a Ugandan-based case study that will form an integral part of my PhD Thesis, which seeks to draw comparative analysis of mixed-race identities and their formulation across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the period 1940 to 1980.
4. To preserve mixed-race histories as part of a digital “StoryMaps” archive created with the Blindian Project, which will be accessible online.
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UK |
2026-01-19 17:52:38 |
2029-01-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Michael Solan
ID: UNCST-2025-R022650
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Assessing Road Impacts on Wildlife Communities and African Golden Cat Ecology in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda) Using Camera Trapping
REFNo: NS1140ES
This research will be conducted jointly by two MSc students under a shared research framework focusing on the effects of anthropogenic activities and environmental covariates on wildlife habitat use within Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Both MSc students are working under unified institutional collaborations and supervisors, and share the image processing, field surveys and research timeline. The study will employ camera trapping and associated field methods to collect data relevant to both projects. While the data collection will be collaborative, each student will pursue an independent research question and produce a separate MSc thesis: one examining habitat use and drivers of density of Caracal aurata, and the other assessing the influence of Ruhija road on wildlife. This collaborative approach maximizes research efficiency, reduces duplication of field effort, and enhances the value of the dataset for conservation management while maintaining distinct academic outputs.
Primary Objective:
To evaluate how road infrastructure and human disturbance influence terrestrial vertebrate communities and the species specific ecology of the African golden cat in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Additionally, some of the first density estimates of the African golden cat will be produced for this area in collaboration with an existing camera trapping grid by Embaka.
Specific Objectives:
1. Quantify species richness, composition, and diel activity differences between roadside and interior forest habitats.
2. Identify ecological and anthropogenic factors predicting wildlife sensitivity to roads.
3. Quantify the impacts of habitat variables on habitat use of the African golden cat
using occupancy models.
4. Estimate the density of Caracal aurata in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park using
SECR.
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Ireland |
2026-02-10 16:25:36 |
2029-02-10 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Crispus Tashobya
ID: UNCST-2025-R022506
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INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AMONG SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN AGRO-FOOD PROCESSING IN WESTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS4810ES
i. To assess the effect of structural capital on business performance of agro-food processing SMEs in Western Uganda.
ii. To determine the effect of human capital on business performance of agro-food processing SMEs in Western Uganda.
iii. To analyze the effect of relational capital on business performance of agro-food processing SMEs in Western Uganda.
iv. To examine the mediating effect of innovation on the relationship between intellectual capital and business performance of agro-food processing SMEs in Western Uganda.
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Uganda |
2026-02-12 13:38:44 |
2029-02-12 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Davis Kibirige
ID: UNCST-2025-R022421
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Optimal oral glucose-lowering monotherapy in two non-overweight or non-obese African populations with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes (GLAD STUDY)
REFNo: HS6792ES
Primary Objective
1. To compare the glycaemic response of the three generic and commonly used oral glucose-lowering monotherapies (glimepiride, sitagliptin, and metformin) in non-overweight or non-obese participants with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes living in Uganda and Cameroon
Secondary Objective
1. To compare the tolerability (measured by discontinuation of therapy within 12 months of treatment initiation) of three generic oral glucose-lowering monotherapies (glimepiride, sitagliptin, and metformin) when used in non-overweight or non-obese adult Ugandans and Cameroonians with newly diagnosed T2D
2. To compare the side effects (including weight change and hypoglycaemia, over 12 months of treatment initiation) of three generic oral glucose-lowering monotherapies (glimepiride, sitagliptin, and metformin) when used in non-overweight or non-obese adult Ugandans and Cameroonians with newly diagnosed T2D.
3. To compare the quality of life and treatment satisfaction, as measured by the diabetes treatment satisfaction questionnaire (DTSQ) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), over 12 months of treatment initiation, associated with the use of the three generic oral glucose-lowering monotherapies (glimepiride, sitagliptin, and metformin) in non-overweight or non-obese adult Ugandans and Cameroonians with newly diagnosed T2D.
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Uganda |
2026-02-12 12:40:30 |
2029-02-12 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Nathan Nshakira
ID: UNCST-2025-R022416
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Comprehensive Immunization Coverage Survey in 54 Districts of Uganda.
REFNo: HS6888ES
1. To estimate the coverage of routine immunization among children aged 12-35 months in the 54 selected districts across the different regions of Uganda.
2. To determine factors associated with immunization uptake and missed immunizations among children aged 12-35 months across the districts of focus.
3. To assess factors affecting the implementation of the immunization program activities, and elaborate the main barriers to equitable and universal service coverage.
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Uganda |
2026-01-27 19:45:03 |
2029-01-27 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Mélissa Berthet
ID: UNCST-2025-R022378
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Commitment to joint action in chimpanzees and gorillas
REFNo: NS1125ES
The goal of the project is to investigate how wild chimpanzees and wild mountain gorillas signal and maintain their joint commitment to joint behavioural actions (for example, travelling together or defending territory).
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France |
2026-02-02 18:37:54 |
2029-02-02 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Sseremba Mark
ID: UNCST-2025-R022376
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Performance Management Reforms in Uganda,s Public Service: An Exploration of the Experiences of Key Implementers of Performance Agreement
REFNo: SS4719ES
General objective
To explore the experiences of key implementers of performance management reforms – performance agreements in the Uganda public service.
Specific objectives of the study
The research will address the following specific objectives:
1) To explore the endogenous and exogenous drivers that led to the introduction of performance agreements in Uganda’s public service.
2) To explore what implementers perceive as critical factors responsible for the successful implementation of performance agreements in the Uganda Public Service
3) To explore, from the perspective of implementers, the effect of performance agreements on the functioning of Uganda's public service.
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Uganda |
2026-01-27 19:32:42 |
2029-01-27 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Zoe Turner Jayne
ID: UNCST-2025-R022328
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The evolution of collective conflict in banded mongooses
REFNo: NS1127ES
Examine the evolution of conflict in a cooperative breeding mongoose (Mungos mungo), through a thorough exploration of temporal scales and individual roles prior to, during, and consequence to conflict.
Develop the use of a novel UAS imaging method integrated with ATLAS remote live tracking technology to widen the understanding of conflict in cooperative and cohesive animal species beyond what is typically observable.
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UK |
2026-02-10 16:07:23 |
2029-02-10 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Teresa Costa
ID: UNCST-2025-R022319
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Extensive pig husbandry as a novel approach to primate conservation and sustainable use of African rainforest
REFNo: NS1142ES
1.Assess the degree and nature of human–wildlife conflict involving primate species—particularly the Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)—through engagement with local communities, especially farmers affected by crop raiding.
2.Investigate the use of domestic pigs by local communities, including:
o Identification of pig breeds currently used and associated management practices;
o Documentation of prevailing land-use systems;
o Evaluation of the feasibility and sustainability of pig rearing as a pastoral or semi-extensive practice in the region.
3.Understand local perceptions and ecological knowledge of wild pig species (e.g., bushpigs, red river hogs, and giant forest hogs).
4. Document chimpanzee use of forest resources, including key habitat elements, feeding grounds, and tree species preferences, to inform the design and placement of future ecological corridors.
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Italy |
2026-02-10 16:15:03 |
2029-02-10 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Nicholas Omoding
ID: UNCST-2025-R022323
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Strengthening Agroecology-based School and College Food Procurement Programs in East and Southern Africa
REFNo: A696ES
General Objective
The project aims to achieve two overarching goals: first, to improve learners’ access to healthy and nutritious food by strengthening local, agroecological school food procurement practices, ensuring consistent, diverse, and nutrient-rich meals while supporting local farmers and resilient food systems; and second, to drive policy transformation for sustainable and inclusive school feeding by promoting gender equality and social inclusion and integrating agroecological principles, local sourcing, and participatory governance into school food policies.
Specific Objectives
1. To improve the understanding of how existing school feeding systems affect income generation, gender equality and inclusion, climate resilience, and local food security, through participatory action research in selected schools.
2. To pilot and refine agroecology-based school feeding models in collaboration with schools, communities, and smallholder farmers to test their effectiveness and feasibility.
3. To increase women’s and youth empowerment through enhanced participation and decision-making in the governance of local school food systems and agroecological food value chains.
4. To generate evidence-based recommendations for policy integration and scaling of successful agroecology-based school feeding models to promote sustainable, inclusive, and agroecologically informed school feeding programmes.
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Uganda |
2026-02-02 18:40:40 |
2029-02-02 |
Agricultural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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