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Project set to Support Research Capability Building

The Norwegian Ministry (NORAD) wishes to lift the capacity of the partners, Makerere included. rogramme. This project has a particular signifi cance in the sense that it is an ongoing Collaboration.

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Protecting our Bee Species

Bees are very Esssential to our Livelihood

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MAAIF Collaboration with AdEMNEA Project

Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) – will support the systematic monitoring of fruit fl ies and bee species.

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Deputy Vice Chancellor lauds AdEMNEA Initiative

It is a rich project covering a number of areas like Application of ICTs, Agriculture, Beekeeping and the environment in general.

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Internet Of Things (IoT)/Sensors

an interconnection via the internet, of computing devices that are embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. At the heart of IoT are sensors that can measure physical properties.

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TUNADO excited about AdEMNEA products

TUNADO supported our poposal writing by giving us a support letter and we hope they will support the monitoring of the species because it is in their core interest. They will also maintain the bee monitoring units during and after the project.

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Principal welcomes AdEMNEA Project

The credit from doing a job excellently for five years does not go to an individual, but to the university and the country at large.

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Integrated Fruit Control

Most of our farmers are not able to export fruits to Europe and other foreign markets because of the fruit pest that damages over 80% of the crop. The only solution therefore is to have a very strong surveillance program.

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RENU pledges to Support the AdEMNEA Project

RENU will provide linkages to similar projects for benchmarking as they are supporting some IoT-based projects and providing connectivity for them

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Bee Farming & Honey Production – A Juicy Source of Income/Employment for the Youths.

Bee Farming & Honey Production – A Juicy Source of Income/Employment for the Youths.

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A TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED FARMING ENVIRONMENT? WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

A TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED FARMING ENVIRONMENT? WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

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TUNADO, A SAFE HAVEN FOR BEE FARMERS.

TUNADO, A SAFE HAVEN FOR BEE FARMERS.

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AdEMNEA Project Engages Bee Farmers at Apiculture MSP.

AdEMNEA Project Engages Bee Farmers at Apiculture MSP.

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THE SMART BEE MONITOR SYSTEM TURNS APICULTURE INTO A MODERN TRADE

‘THE SMART BEE MONITOR SYSTEM MAKES APICULTURE A MODERN TRADE’ SAYS MR. BIRYOMUMAISHO, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – TUNADO.

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TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE YIELDS IN LARGE SCALE BEE FARMS

“TECHNOLOGY WILL MASSIVELY IMPACT LARGE SCALE BEE FARMING AND INCREASE YIELDS IN THE LONG RUN” SAYS MRS. BEATRICE – HEAD OF EXPORTS, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY.

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INTERNET OF THINGS (I.o.Ts) HERE TO ENHANCE BEE MONITORING & FRUIT-FLY CONTROL – Dr. Mary Nsabagwa.

Internet of Things (I.o.Ts) HERE TO ENHANCE BEE MONITORING & FRUIT-FLY CONTROL – Dr. Mary Nsabagwa.

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THE SMART BEE MONITOR – AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL INDUSTRY & FISHERIES (MAAIF). Dr. Amulen Deborah (Entomologist - MAK).

THE SMART BEE MONITOR – AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL INDUSTRY & FISHERIES (MAAIF). Dr. Amulen Deborah (Entomologist - MAK).

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Mr. Erick John Machiwa

Mr. Erick John Machiwa

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Khemis Ben (lubari7@gmail.com)

Khemis Ben (lubari7@gmail.com)

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Mr. David Tugume (tdavidjcl@gmail.com)

Mr. David Tugume (tdavidjcl@gmail.com)

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Mr. Oswaha Matthew Joseph

Mr. Oswaha Matthew Joseph

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Mr. Arnold Muhairwe

Mr. Arnold Muhairwe

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Mr. Florence Lello

Mr. Florence Lello

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Pest Control - Mango fruit growers can finally have maximum fruit yields.

By Mr. Peter Alvin Mukisa & Ms. Rebecca Rugyendo (Communications Desk – AdEMNEA Project)

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The Smart Bee-Monitor: A silver lining for Uganda’s bee farmers.

Bee farmers will soon acquire a new way of monitoring their hives, check on the swarming activities and keep track of their product (honey) accumulated in the hives.

As the Adaptive Environmental Monitoring Network for East Africa (AdEMNEA) project enters phase two (2), much more emphasis will be put on customizing the monitoring network to the primary stakeholders such as bee farmers and mango fruit growers in East Africa (particularly  Uganda, Tanzania and South Sudan).

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COSTECH ready to lend a hand with customer uptake.

“At COSTECH, we pride in translating research outputs into knowledge products and in turn increase customer acceptance, breaking the research outputs into applicable products, commercializing the end product to promote sustainability for the project’s output and enabling resource utilization,” Mr. Mboma, the tech savvy personnel remarked.

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Provide Training and Advisory to the beneficiaries of your research outputs – TARI

The Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) offers advisory to government and promote national policies, laws and regulations in addition to conducting basic, applied and strategic agricultural research.

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Inter-Task Integration pivotal to timely outputs

 

The multi-disciplinary aspect of the AdEMNEA project implies that the research outputs are divided into tasks; work packages (WP1, 2 & 3) from a couple of regimen – Computing, Engineering, Entomology, Crop Science and Meteorology.

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Climate-focused innovations to thrive under NEMA supervision.

The AdEMNEA project recently participated in the National Science Week hosted by the STI secretariat under the President’s office in Uganda. The participation was by exhibiting some of the innovations (e.g. the smart bee monitor, the automatic weather station, etc…) that have been developed in the IoT-ra lab at Makerere University.

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Private Corporate Funds – a Feasible solution to Uganda’s innovations and start-ups.

Presently, Uganda relies on corporate companies such as National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Standard Bank Group (Stanbic Bank, SBG), Uganda Development Bank (UDB), Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) among others who have taken up the role to offer support to start-ups mainly due to the lack of nationalized incubation business centers.

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Pest Control - Mango fruit growers can finally have maximum fruit yields.

Florence Lello a PhD student at the Dar es salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) and part of the AdEMNEA Project under task 2.2 says the research output (E-Trap) focuses on oriental fruit flies (bactrocera dorsalls). “the trap will help in fruit fly detection in relation to weather information – providing a platform for forecasting the occurrence probability and development trends of fruit flies,” the PhD student noted.

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