The Creative Capacity Building (CCB) approach – a community driven program that allows communities to identify and design their own tools, innovations and other innovations was employed in the present study. The general objective of the study was to determine the impact of CCB training on human welfare and local communities’ perception on their ability to innovate. Specifically, the study targeted a number of major outcomes of CCB training namely, economic impacts, behavioral changes...
Makerere University is collaborating on a project called Building capacity for REDD+ in East Africa for improved ecosystem health and for sustainable livelihoods in Eastern Africa (REDD-EA). REDD+ is a policy framework aimed at mitigating climate change.
The project supports 14 PhD students and 27 master’s students and several senior researchers at both Makerere university (Mak) and at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
The goal of the REDD-EA project is to contribute to red...
Background
Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences(CAES), is organizing the annual Agricultural exhibition and career expo from 21st to 23rd March 2017 at the Makerere University Freedom square under the theme, “The role of Youth and Small holder farmers in agricultural transformation amidst changing climate and growing population”.
Agriculture is the major employer and accounts for more than 30 per cent of GDP in low-income countries (Wor...