"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme climate change".
Effect of land-use and climate change and variability on pollution loading in rivers of eastern Uganda and albertine rift
Abstract:
Climate change and variability is one of the major environmental
challenges that are likely to affect the livelihood of mankind for
a very long time. At local scale, global climate change and
variability trends can be amplified by Land use/cover dramatic
changes; with severe subsequent negative consequences on
people’s livelihood. Most climate change scenarios show that
the eastern and western regions of Uganda are likely to be
highly affected by climate change and variability. This study
aimed at assessing the effect of Land Use and Climate Change
and variability on livelihoods and Sediment and Carbon loading
in the rivers of eastern Uganda and in the Albertine rift, to
identify strategies to reduce vulnerability to climate change and
variability, and to determine the best micro-organisms rate and
combinations for quick tree growth in Eastern Uganda.
Le changement climatique et la variabilité est l’un des grands
défis environnementaux qui sont susceptibles d’affecter les
moyens de subsistance de l’humanité pendant très long. A
l’échelle locale, le changement climatique global et des
tendances de la variabilité peuvent être amplifiés par l’utilisation
des terres / couverture des changements spectaculaires, avec
de graves conséquences négatives sur la suite des moyens de
subsistance des populations. La plupart des scénarios de
changement climatique montrent que les régions Est et Ouest
de l’Ouganda sont susceptibles d’être fortement touchés par le
changement climatique et la variabilité. Cette étude visait à
évaluer l’effet de l’utilisation des terres et les changements
climatiques et la variabilité sur les moyens de subsistance, des
sédiments et de chargement de carbone dans les rivières de
l’Est de l’Ouganda et dans le Rift Albertin, d’identifier des
stratégies pour réduire la vulnérabilité au changement climatique et la variabilité, et de déterminer les meilleurs taux de microorganismes
et combinaisons pour la croissance rapide des arbres
dans l’Est de l’Ouganda.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1495-1500
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