Essays about: "Rural Uganda"

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  1. 6. Resistant E. coli isolated from smallholder pig farms in Lira, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Kristin Selling; [2020]
    Keywords : Escherichia coli; E. coli; antibiotic resistance; Pig; Swine; Uganda; Africa;

    Abstract : Uganda is an East African country with a fast-growing population and has one of the world’s lowest gross domestic product per capita. Most of the population live in rural areas and agriculture is the country’s most important source of income. READ MORE

  3. 7. Why People Are Moving Out of Agriculture: Micro-Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jasmin Bina; [2020]
    Keywords : Rural Non-Farm Economy; Ethiopia; Uganda; Push Factors; Pull Factors; Capacity Factors; Multinomial Logit Model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper studies the determinants shaping the likelihood of being active in the non-farm sector in the rural economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, the push, pull and capacity factors for a cross-sectional sample of rural Uganda and Ethiopia are explored. READ MORE

  4. 8. Coping with malaria : Experiences of strategies for prevention and treatment in a village in Uganda

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Linn Jansson Öhlén; [2020]
    Keywords : Malaria prevention; Treatment seeking; Mosquito net use; Rural Uganda; Political Ecology of Health; Human Agency; Healthcare System;

    Abstract : Few studies regarding treatment seeking behaviour related to Malaria have been conducted in Uganda, and most of the studies regarding use of mosquito nets that have been conducted are quantitative. There is thus a need for qualitative studies for a deeper understanding of the complex issue of coping with malaria in a resource limited setting. READ MORE

  5. 9. “Planting Trees is Always Good” : a WPR-analysis of Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emil Planting Mollaoglu; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon offsetting; climate change; sustainable development; Global South; Sweden; WPR; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how two Swedish companies and a sample of Swedish consumers describe the role of private actors in climate change mitigation. Carbon offsetting by planting trees in the Global South has become a common approach for Swedish food and beverage companies (among other companies) that seek to reduce their climate impact. READ MORE

  6. 10. Migration in the Name of the Money : male and Female Migratory Experience of Rural Youth from Uganda to the Gulfs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Denis Bisaso; [2020]
    Keywords : labour migration; feminized migration; gendered migration; Uganda; migration to the Gulf countries;

    Abstract : Labour migration is a growing phenomenon around the globe, and it is rather self-evident that people move to achieve better life conditions or flee adverse circumstances. Significant in this growth is the mobile continent, Africa having substantial numbers of its people on the move. READ MORE