TU Dresden – Tropical Forestry Blog
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products – Chair of Tropical Forestry
Category: Research
Participatory Innovation Platform Workshop in Uganda: sharing experiences among actors along the wood value chain
On February last year, the WoodCluster partners from the collaborating Universities; Hawassa University (Ethiopia); Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania) and TU Dresden (Germany), met in Uganda for the Participatory Innovation Platform (PIP) workshop and field visits in Mubende district. For…
Read MoreTropentag 2020 – Call for Papers
The international conference Tropentag calls for the submission of papers until May 3rd 2020. This year’s theme is “Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and Acamedia’s View”. It will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, 9-11 September 2020. Tropentag…
Read MoreCollective Action in On-Farm Tree Growing in Uganda – A student research
“Mugyebaleko…!” (‘well-done you all’ in Luganda). My name is Joab Nuwasasira, a student of Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources Management at Makerere University, Uganda. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of…
Read MoreDynamics of Wood Value Chains for Smallholder Tree Farmers in Uganda
I am Samanya Abdul, an MSc student of Environmental and Natural Resources at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. My research topic was titled “Dynamics of wood value chains for smallholder tree farmers in Mubende district, Uganda”. This research was done…
Read MoreKey Takeaways from Global Youth Forum 2020 on Cooperative Entrepreneurship
For doctoral candidates, attending continuing training to improve practical skills is essential, so as to not lose sight as what’s happening outside of academia. As my (Kendisha’s) doctoral research within the WoodCluster project is about forestry cooperatives for smallholders, I…
Read MoreSmall-scale farm forestry system: Research experience in Mubende, Uganda
I am Galandi James from Makerere University, Uganda. Within the WoodCluster project, I carried out research on wood production from small- to medium-scale Farm Forestry Systems in greater Mubende district, Uganda. Over the years, small- and medium tree planters received…
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