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Dr. Jacob Godfrey Agea is a professor of Applied Ethno-botany & Food Security in the Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, School of Agricultural Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University Kampala (Uganda). He was born and raised in a rural countryside in Northern Uganda. He holds a First Class Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry (Makerere University Kampala), a Master of Science Degree (Forestry) (Makerere University Kampala), and a PhD in Agriculture (Applied Ethnobotany & Food security) of Bangor University, UK. Jacob has productive research experiences. He has conducted research on the use and potential of wild and semi-wild food plants (WSWFPs) in alleviating household poverty and food security in Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom of Uganda (funded Commonwealth Commission of UK & SIDA/SAREC); Ecology, conservation & agroforestry potential of ‘gum Arabic tree’ Acacia senegal in the Uganda’s rangelands (financed by NORAD); Potential of domesticating indigenous fruit trees for income & household food security in Northern Uganda (funded by NURRU); Socio-economic analysis of Uganda & Kenya’s forest policies (funded by AFORNET); Relationship between Access to Forest & Tree Resources & Livelihoods in Central Uganda (funded by Norwegian Support to Makerere University IDP-Phase II); Development of a national beekeeping calendar, honeybee pest & disease control methods to boost production of honey & other hive products in Uganda (funded by Natural Agricultural Research Organization- NARO Uganda); On-farm conservation strategies, post-harvest handling & nutritional value of the Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) & Shea products in Uganda (Research grant from Carnegie-Makerere Competitive Research funds); Market survey of Mondia whytei (Mulondo) roots in Kampala City (funded by GOU through Makerere University).
Jacob was also jointly awarded research grant from Norwegian Support to Makerere University by Makerere University School of Graduate Studies in August 2008 to conduct a two (2) year (August 2008-August 2010) research on the nutritional values & innovative approaches in the value addition of Ruspolia nitidula (‘Nsenene’ grasshoppers) for income generation in Uganda. In 2009, he was jointly awarded a competitive research grant (SIDA-SAREC) to develop an improved protocol for processing & handling of honey in Uganda. Jacob has undertaken several consultancies including the Analysis of forest & land resource utilization, management & their impact on livelihoods in Teso & Lango farming systems funded by DFID through National Forest Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI-Uganda); Development of component 4 (capacity building, dissemination & replication strategy) for a project on removing barriers to the effective management of invasive alien species (IAS) in Africa (under a GEF-CABI funded initiative by the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO); Baseline survey on biodiversity usage & conservation in relation to the local communities’ livelihoods, Dokolo District (financed by YICAFA through UNDP); Training of trainers (TOT) of YICAFA on Agroforestry & Environment Protection sponsored by UNDP through Rural Energy & Environmental Conservation Project (REECA) in Dokolo; Gathering & abstracting gray literature on forest related research work carried out in Uganda sponsored by Global Forest Information System (GFIS).
Jacob has also been a resource person in several training workshops like in-service training of district service providers in appropriate agroforestry intervention (I@mak project), & development of curriculum through the DACUM process for training NGOs in sustainable agriculture & natural resource management (funded by Environmental Alert). With his childhood in the poor rural areas; a good comprehension of poverty, and sympathy for the rural poor, coupled with his good academic struggle blended with rich practical experiences, he has preliminarily achieved the establishment of participatory management of indigenous fruit tree (IFT) resources on community level in a very poor countryside. He has published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals, and has particular research interest in applied ethnobotany and food security (with emphasis on medicinal & under-utilized wild and semi-wild food plants), ethnozoology (with emphasis on edible wild animals including insects), agroforestry/farm forestry development, rural development, policy changes & institutional reforms on livelihood outcomes of rural poor. He can be contacted at: Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; Mobile Tel: 256 392 945330, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]; skype: jgagea
Jacob was also jointly awarded research grant from Norwegian Support to Makerere University by Makerere University School of Graduate Studies in August 2008 to conduct a two (2) year (August 2008-August 2010) research on the nutritional values & innovative approaches in the value addition of Ruspolia nitidula (‘Nsenene’ grasshoppers) for income generation in Uganda. In 2009, he was jointly awarded a competitive research grant (SIDA-SAREC) to develop an improved protocol for processing & handling of honey in Uganda. Jacob has undertaken several consultancies including the Analysis of forest & land resource utilization, management & their impact on livelihoods in Teso & Lango farming systems funded by DFID through National Forest Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI-Uganda); Development of component 4 (capacity building, dissemination & replication strategy) for a project on removing barriers to the effective management of invasive alien species (IAS) in Africa (under a GEF-CABI funded initiative by the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO); Baseline survey on biodiversity usage & conservation in relation to the local communities’ livelihoods, Dokolo District (financed by YICAFA through UNDP); Training of trainers (TOT) of YICAFA on Agroforestry & Environment Protection sponsored by UNDP through Rural Energy & Environmental Conservation Project (REECA) in Dokolo; Gathering & abstracting gray literature on forest related research work carried out in Uganda sponsored by Global Forest Information System (GFIS).
Jacob has also been a resource person in several training workshops like in-service training of district service providers in appropriate agroforestry intervention (I@mak project), & development of curriculum through the DACUM process for training NGOs in sustainable agriculture & natural resource management (funded by Environmental Alert). With his childhood in the poor rural areas; a good comprehension of poverty, and sympathy for the rural poor, coupled with his good academic struggle blended with rich practical experiences, he has preliminarily achieved the establishment of participatory management of indigenous fruit tree (IFT) resources on community level in a very poor countryside. He has published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals, and has particular research interest in applied ethnobotany and food security (with emphasis on medicinal & under-utilized wild and semi-wild food plants), ethnozoology (with emphasis on edible wild animals including insects), agroforestry/farm forestry development, rural development, policy changes & institutional reforms on livelihood outcomes of rural poor. He can be contacted at: Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; Mobile Tel: 256 392 945330, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]; skype: jgagea
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