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Category : Uganda
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Uganda Facts and Figures
Author: Uganda Facts and Figures, 2003
Author: Introduction to Uganda
Author: Gilad James, PhDPublisher: Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN: 4844976605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Uganda is a landlocked country located in East Africa. Its capital city is Kampala, and the official language is English. The country is bordered by Kenya to the east, Tanzania to the south, Rwanda to the southwest, South Sudan to the north, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. Uganda’s population is estimated to be over 45 million with a diverse range of ethnic groups, religions, and cultures. The country is known for its national parks, including the famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, which is home to almost half of the world's mountain gorilla population. Uganda has a rich history and was formerly a British colony until it gained independence in 1962. Since then, the country has faced a number of challenges, including political instability and upheavals, economic difficulties, and a rising population that has put pressure on natural resources. Despite these challenges, Uganda has made considerable progress in recent years, including reducing poverty levels, increasing access to education, and improving healthcare outcomes. The country’s economy is driven by agriculture, and key exports include coffee, tea, and tobacco. Uganda is also increasingly attracting foreign investment and has become a hub for technology innovation in the region.
Impact of Uganda's National Agricultural Advisory Services Program
Author: Samuel BeninPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896291898
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In Uganda, agricultural extension has been hotly debated since the implementation of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program in 2001. Conceived as a demand-driven approach and largely publicly-funded with services provided by the private sector, the NAADS program targets the development and use of farmer institutions. It is a key strategy in the government’s poverty reduction and national development plan. Due to methodological challenges arising from the complex ways that many factors influence the relationship between extension inputs and outcomes, as well as data-quality issues, the effectiveness of agricultural extension in raising agricultural productivity and incomes and reducing poverty is often viewed with skepticism among policymakers and development practitioners. The NAADS program has been no exception. Some initial evaluations, mostly qualitative in nature, indicate the program has had a favorable effect on increasing the use of improved technologies, marketed output, and wealth status of farmers receiving services from the program. However, the program does not appear to be promoting improved soil-fertility management, raising concern about the sustainability of potential productivity increases. Now that the first phase of the program has ended, this study rigorously assess the outcomes and impacts obtained thus far, in order to help inform the current second phase and offer lessons for others implementing or planning to implement demand-driven agricultural advisory services in developing countries. The findings presented here are useful to policymakers of central and local governments, farmer groups, advisory service providers, donors, and others seeking to improve agricultural extension services in Uganda and elsewhere. Program evaluators and policy analysts will find the methods instructive.
Assessment of Media Development in Uganda
Author: Nassanga, Goretti LindaPublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231002805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
State of the World's Children
Author: UNICEF.Publisher: UNICEF
ISBN: 9280644424
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.
Unpacking Globalization
Author: Linda E. LucasPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739121580
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Unpacking Globalization examines the experiences of people living with the forces that are transforming economic systems, culture, gender relationships and governance. The book offers interdisciplinary analysis of the well-being of women and men as they cope with the changes of globalization. Through theory, case studies, and data, several themes emerge indicating that from the household to the continental level, change is leading to new awareness and new survival strategies for both women and men. The contributors to the volume come from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. They present analysis of global changes and historical background from diverse perspectives and offer case studies on social security, gender, and macroeconomy. They employ feminist theory as well as detail the experiences of current and future women entrepreneurs. An exciting interdisciplinary text, Unpacking Globalization can supplement women's studies, anthropology, sociology, and economic development courses.
Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Edward Nketiah-AmponsahPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793633703
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives discusses contemporary healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa to identify deficiencies in the system and provide workable recommendations for strengthening healthcare delivery on the continent. Contributors address topical issues such as drug quality, malaria control, health insurance, geriatric care, and the environment-health nexus. The contributors also study intimate partner violence and maternal-child health, food safety, prevalence of childhood tuberculosis, and cardiovascular diseases. This book provides in-depth analyses of current issues in Sub-Saharan Africa that blend theory and practice. The diverse group of contributors includes experts in clinical medicine, pharmacy, economics, anthropology, public health, and the social sciences.
Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda
Author: Charlotte HawkinsPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800085133
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda is based on a 16-month ethnography about experiences of ageing in a neighbourhood in central Kampala, Uganda. It examines the impact of smartphones and mobile phones on older people’s health and everyday lives as part of the global ASSA project. Taking a ‘convivial’ approach, which celebrates multiple ways of knowing about social life, Charlotte Hawkins draws from these expressions about cooperative morality and modernity to consider the everyday mitigation of profound social change. ‘Dotcom’ is understood to encompass everything from the influence of ICTs to urban migration and lifestyles in the city, to shifts in ways of knowing and relating. At the same time, dotcom tools such as mobile phones and smartphones facilitate elder care through, for example, regular mobile money remittances. This book explores how dotcom relates to older people’s health, their care norms, their social standing, their values of respect and relatedness, and their intergenerational relationships – both political and personal. It also re-frames the youth-centricity of research on the city and work, new media and technology, politics and service provision in Uganda. Through ethnographic consideration of everyday life and self-formation in this context, the monograph seeks to contribute to an ever-incomplete understanding of how we relate to each other and to the world around us.
Uganda at a Glance
Author: Robin RheederPublisher: Fountain Books
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This publication was inspired by a photographic exhibition 'Uganda at a Glance', hosted at the Nommo Gallery in Kampala. The result is a beautifully presented collection of photographs, and accompanying texts, which provide an introduction to many aspects of life in Uganda. The book is particularly aimed at visitors to the country. A country profile introduces Uganda with general information on aspects of geography, and perspectives on the country's history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The editor then considers the city and the countryside from the viewpoint of the tourist. A lively series of photographs capture the atmosphere of 'Kampala by night', and the historical monuments. There are many shots of landscapes and rural life, national parks and safari, lakes, islands, rivers and forests. The book also includes a wealth of practical information on air and ground travel, accommodation, and traditional medical services, banks, restaurants, bars and internet cafes, local tourist information and street and road maps highlighting tourist attractions.