2022 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

8:00 – 4:00

HACKATHON AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

PRE - CONFERENCE TRAINING MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AT PROTEA HOTEL, KAMPALA

(4:00 – 6:00)

Thursday, December 8th, 2022

8:00 – 8:45

Registration continued

8:45 – 9:00

SESSION 1: Welcome remarks and Conference overview: MAIN HALL

9:00 – 10:45

 SESSION 1: Keynote Presentations: MAIN HALL

10:45 – 11:15

Tea Break

11:15 – 12:00

High Panel Discussions: MAIN HALL

12:00 – 1:00

SESSION 2: OFFICIAL OPENING AND GROUP PHOTO

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:45

Session3 a: Water resources and water systems in the Anthropocene

MAIN HALL A

Session 4a: The Future of Smart Cities and Urban Systems in SSA

MAIN HALL B

Session 5: Land Degradation Neutrality and Net Zero

BOARD ROOM 3

 Session 6: Migration and Displacement: Socio-ecological Intricacies and Benefits

BOARD ROOM 2

Session 7: Geographies and Contexts of COVID-19 Processes and Sustainable Recovery

BOARD ROOM 1

3:45 – 4:15

Tea Break

4:15 – 6:00

Session 3b: Water resources and water systems in the Anthropocene

MAIN HALL A

Session 4b: The Future of Smart Cities and Urban Systems in SSA

MAIN HALL B

 Friday, December 9th, 2020

9:00 – 10:30

Session 8: Keynote Presentations and panel discussion                                   
Speakers:                                                                                                                   

MAIN CONFERENCE HALL

10:30 – 11:00

Tea Break

11:00 – 1:00

Session 9a: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience

MAIN HALL A

Session 10a: Nature-Based Systems in Mitigating Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Disasters

BOARD ROOM 3  

Session 11a: Biogeography, biodiversity, and ecosystem conservation

BOARD ROOM 2

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch Break

2:00 – 4:30

Session 9b: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience

MAIN HALL A

 Session 10b: Nature-Based Systems in Mitigating Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Disasters

BOARD ROOM 3

Session 11b: Biogeography, biodiversity, and ecosystem conservation

            BOARD ROOM 2

Session 9c: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience

MAIN HALL B  

4:30 – 5:00

CLOSING SESSION WITH COFFEE/TEA: MAIN CONFERENCE HALL

Session 3a: Water resources and Water systems in the Anthropocene 

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 - 2:00 – 3:45 pm

Venue: Main Hall A

1. Assessing Erosion Risk and Heavy Metal Loading in Sediment from the Inner Murchison Bay (IMB) Catchment – Gyaviira Ssewankambo
2. Effect of Land-use/cover Changes on Groundwater Level Dynamics in Semi-Arid Region of India – Suresh Chand Rai
3. Effect of climate change on cotton production in Uganda – Eria Kubyanukula
4. Evidence of presence of microplastics in the sediments of Lake Victoria, Uganda – Jerome Sebadduka Lugumira
5. Characterization of the water resources of the rivers of the city of Bandundu – Valentin Tembe Mwela
6. Spatiotemporal analysis of the hydrological responses to land use land cover changes in the Manafwa Catchment, Uganda – Godwin Erima
7. Investigating satellite-derived indices applicable for monitoring the algal bloom in Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia – Eden Eritrea Desalegn
8. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Processes in Usangu catchment, Tanzania Under CMIP6 Scenarios – Gift Raphael Mollel
9. Gender perspectives on rural household water governance under changing climate in Uganda – Stella Tereka

Session 3b: Water resources and Water systems in the Anthropocene 

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 – 4:15 – 6:00 pm

Venue: Main Hall A

1. Applying the EARTH and Thornthwaite Models for Estimating Groundwater Recharge in the Klela Basin, Mali – Adama Toure
2. Wavelet analysis of spatio-temporal variability in surface soil moisture under different landuses in southwestern Nigeria – Adedayo Oreoluwa Adewole
3. Opportunities for resilience facing water scarcity: cases studies from  Madagascar's medium-sized cities – Malalaniaina Miora Rakotoarivelo
4. From co-operation to coercion: The effect of military intervention on the Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria in Uganda – Veronica Mpomwenda
5. Economic analysis of water use of lower Kihansi hydropower plant – Jumanne Moshi Abdallah
6. Assessing chicken based organic fertigation for improved yield, above ground biomass, crop water productivity and crop quality of tomatoes, cabbage and pumpkin – Diana Mukulu
7. Assessing the Effect of Deficit Drip Irrigation on Yield and Quality of Eggplant Crop – Godfrey Ouma
8. Estimating rainfall input uncertainty to the SWAT hydrological in the Kyoga basin - The Upper Nile – Max Kigobe
9. Maximum runoff prediction for small ungauged watersheds in the Romanian zone of the Mures basin – Mihai Voda

Session 4a: The Future of Building Smart Cities and Urban Systems in SSA

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 - 2:00 – 3:45 pm

Venue: Main Hall B

1. The Sub Saharan Countries future of a Smart City – Gift Lembson Njoka
2. Infrastructures of survival: Seeing Kampala’s heterogeneous sanitation infrastructures beyond the logics of ‘modernity’ – Kasaija
3. Urban technical networks facing floods in Brazzaville (CONGO): modeling of functional interdependence – Attipo Reisch Vanel
4. Are Uganda’s cities age-friendly? Analysing urban green space prevalence and accessibility – Abel Nzabona
5. Examining the Influence of The Urban Heat Island On Urban Thermal Comfort In The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), Uganda – Ritah Nakanjako
6. ‘Yellow’ Toilets, Profiteers and Altruists: Analyzing the many faces of power behind Kampala’s informal sanitation infrastructures – Peter Kasaija
7. Energy access and livelihood improvement: Evidence from the hybrid-solar energy system on Bugala Island, Kalangala District – Patrick Kayima
8. Local Community Resilience to the Proposed Oil Pipeline in the Albertine Region, Western Uganda – Mutegeki Arnold Paul
9. Analysis of the vulnerability of smallholder horticultural farmers to agricultural risks in Mbale city region – Patricia Kiggundu Nagawa
10. Spatial Differentiation of the Land and Nutrient Footprints for Kampala City: Implications for Urban Food Sustainability – Asaba Joyfred
11. Cities as determinants of health: opportunities and challenges of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa – Odwa Atari

Session 4b: The Future of Building Smart Cities and Urban Systems in SSA

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 – 4:15 – 6:00 pm

Venue: Main Hall B

1. An Assessment of Climate Extremes in Mbale Municipality in Eastern Uganda – George Oriangi
2. Urban heat hazard exposure and future likelihood in Kampala city, Uganda – Hakimu Sseviiri
3. How can the geographic visualization tools facilitate sustainable development of communities under global environmental change? – Tomasz Opach
4. Assessing the Accuracy of OpenStreetMap (OSM) Building Layer in Jinja District, Uganda – Joseph Kamoga
5. Predicting Land use Land cover change of Jos-Bukuru Metropolis Plateau state through integrated CA-Markov approach – Nanpon Zitta
6. Towards sustainable urban tourism development in Uganda: A Risk analysis framework – Jim Ayorekire
7. Modeling the implication of household off-grid energy consumption  in Suleja Lga of Niger state, Nigeria – Bamiji Michael Adeleye
8. Potential contribution of urban road-side plant nurseries to plant conservation and human well-being in the face of climate change, Uganda – Edward Nector Mwavu
9. Investigating peri-urban farmland by a mixed spatial and socio-economic approach aiming at a typology of peri-urban agro-systems in Nairobi-Machakos Counties Interface, Kenya – Martinien Arcadius Ahogle Agassin
10. Effect of the activity of black soldier fly larvae on the quality of compost produced from different organic waste sources at Makerere university agricultural research institute – Ali Ssenabulya

Session 5: Land degradation, Neutrality, and Net Zero

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 - 2:00 – 3:45 pm

Venue: Board Room 3

1. Facts-based for assessing land degradation and how to turn-up Zero Land Degradation Neutrality in Rwanda – Joel Ndayisaba
2. Reassembling land degradation: towards a nature-society-inclusive soil erosion control strategy – Thaddeo Kahigwa Tibasiima
3. Geospatial analysis of soil degradation by erosion in Idemili Watershed, Nigeria using RUSLE and ancillary data – Frank Chibuzor Okenmuo
4. The Interplay of Mental Health and Environmentalism in Niger Delta Poetry – Stephen Ese Kekeghe
5. Raising public awareness of the effects of land degradation in Ishaka Division, Bushenyi distric- south-western Uganda – Urban Atuhairwe
6. Land degradation - Jean D Amour Niyokwizera
7. Contribution of land ownership to agricultural land use changes in Mwatate Sub-county, Taita Taveta County, Kenya – Bonventure Obeka Mwanzi
8. Implications of Land  use and cover changes on upper Rwizi macro watershed health in South Western Uganda – Ayesiga Patience
9. An Assessment of the impact of land use/cover changes on soil erosion risk in River Mitano Catchment, southwestern Uganda – Loy Turyabanawe Gumisiriza
10. Afforestation as Zambia’s Land degradation neutrality strategy till 2050 – Mashuta Kalebe
11. The Spatial extent of land use/cover changes between 2015 and 2021 in the River Malaba catchment, Eastern Uganda – Sarah Mbabazi
12. Assessment of soil nutrient variability on a bench terraced hillslope to strengthen adaptation to climate change impacts among small-holder farmers in Kigezi Highlands of  Uganda – Kisira Yeeko
13. Understanding land use changes following agricultural investments in Kanungu, Nakasongola and Nwoya - Byaruhanga Bruce Michael
14.  Harnessing indigenous knowledge to enhance farmers’ capacity to use local indicators for soil degradation assessment in Tororo District, eastern Uganda - Emmanuel Opolot

Session 6: Migration and Displacement: Socio-ecological intricacies and benefits

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 - 2:00 – 3:45 pm

Venue: Board Room 2

1. Emerging trends on climate change induces migration in Africa – Emmanuel Aweda
2. Exploring the food-climate-migration nexus in West Africa by analyzing land surface dynamics and weather extremes in combination with expert interviews – Alina Schürmann
3. The ‘Everyday’ Humanitarian Acts Embedded in Socio-cultural Practices Among South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda – Emmanuel Viga
4. Social Sustainability of Resettlement Housing in Uganda; Case of Pagirinya Refugee Resettlement Camp in Adjumani District – Samuel Elong
5. ‘Timescapes’ of ‘Visible Relationality’ and Implications for Provision of Humanitarian Assistance - Emmanuel Viga
6. Struggles of Migrant Women in Artisanal Stone Mines and Quarries in Acholi Quarters and Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda – Eria Serwajja
7. High population growth rate accelerated by in-migration in the greater Kamwenge area responsible for environmental changes – Fredrick Ruguma Tumwine
8. The impact of refugee settlement on landscape and green environment in West Nile region, Uganda – Geofrey Kizito
9. Building livelihoods through networks - South Sudanese refugee women in rural and urban Uganda – Maja Simonsen Nilsen
10. Livelihood adaptation to displacement and resettlement due to oil refinery development  in Uganda – Caroline Aboda

Session 7: Geographies and Contexts of COVID-19 Processes and Sustainable Recovery

THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER 2022 - 2:00 – 3:45 pm

Venue: Board Room 1

1. Where is GIS Technology applied in the Public Health discipline:  A Literature Review – Beatrice Winnie Nyemera
2. Demystifying the Impacts of Covid-19 on the Real Estate Market in Developing Countries. Case of Commercial Properties in Malawi – Desmond Namanja Namangale
3. Disaster Preparedness Response during COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda – Stephenson Tukahirwa
4. Impediments contributing GIS Technology Non-Use in Ugandan Health Sector Organizations – Beatrice Winnie Nyemera
5. Exploring Impacts of GIS Technology Use in Ugandan Health Sector Organizations – Beatrice Winnie Nyemera
6. Current and Potential Nature of Activities of GIS Technology Use in Ugandan Health Organizations – Beatrice Winnie Nyemera
7. Impact of Covid-19 containment measures on the environment in Kasese district – Augustine Aggrey Malinga

Session 9a: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience

FRIDAY 9^THDECEMBER 2022 – 11:00AM – 1:00 PM

Venue: Main Hall A

1. Assessing Soil Organic Carbon Stock and its Particle Size 2 Fractions Across Cropping Systems in Kiti Sub-watershed in Central Benin -  Arcadius Martinien Agassin Ahogle
2. Livelihood diversification and multidimensional child poverty – Bogale Gebeyehu Gemede
3. How changes in climate are affecting people’s welfare in Uganda? – Peter Babyenda
4. Pastoralist livelihood vulnerability to climate change and variability in southern Ethiopia – Shetie Gatew
5. Factors influencing the adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in Mozambique – Oscar Joao Chichongue
6. Physiological features reactivity of Arsi-Bale goats reared under the three agro-ecologies of the Bale zone, southeastern Ethiopia – Mesay Guyo Gujje
7. Climate change adaptation practices for sustainable sorghum production in drylands of Ethiopia – Eshetu Zewdu Tegegne
8. Occupational health, safety and environmental implications of flower farming on the local communities in Central Uganda – Omulo Owenda Charles
9. Tackling climate change-related disturbances to sustain livelihoods: Perceptions and adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers in northeastern Burundi – Pacifique Batungwanayo
10. Environmental and economic implications of zero grazing – Joyce Biwembwaku
11. Lablab purpureus: Analysis of Landraces Cultivation and Distribution, Farming Systems, and Some Climatic Trends for Production in Tanzania – Julius Sebastian Missanga
12. Mitigation of greenhouse gases and nutrient losses attributable to wasted fruits and vegetables – Isaac Rubagumya
13. Past and future trends and magnitude of climate variability and change in a fragile tropical mountain catchment. A case of Sironko catchment on the slopes of Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda – Justine Kilama Luwa
14. Community Climate Change Coping Strategies Around and Within Saadani National Park, Tanzania – Rukumbuzya Manyama Musoma
15. Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies for Environmental Management: The Intersection of Sustainability, Resilience, Well being and Development - Jean D Amour Niyokwizera

Session 9b: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience at

FRIDAY 9^THDECEMBER 2022 – 2:00 – 4:30 PM

VENUE: Main Hall A

1. Climate Variability and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda – Peter Babyenda
2. What socio-economic, institutional and climate related factors influences the demand for climate smart agricultural practices? – Babinga Geofrey
3. Assessing the adaptive capacity of households to water scarcity during drought in Kasali sub-county, Kyotera district, Uganda – Joseph Mukasa
4. Fencing lands to Enhanced Climate change Resilience, promoting biodiversity regeneration and Improved Livelihoods of climate change in Makueni and Baringo Counties - Francis Kevogo Keya
5. Studies on the use of locally available (Coxs Bazar and Saint Martin)  alternative renewable seaweeds wastes as compost organic fertilizer resources – Durlave Roy
6. Integrated Weed Management in Conservation Agricultural Systems – Otim Godfrey Anyoni
7. Acceptability of Gravilllea robusta in developing agro-forest based climate resilient systems among small scale holder farmers in Webuye-West Sub-County, Kenya – Insights and opportunities – Mayeku Philip Wafula
8. Smallholder Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Adaptation Practices in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda – Betty Adoch
9. Assessing the vulnerability of indigenous chickens to climate change in Uganda – Zainah Nampijja
10. Do transaction cost attributes mediate the trust-supply chain performance relationships?  Evidence from Ugandan agribusiness – Godfrey Moses Owot
11. Assessing  the impact of innovation adoption on  Agropastoral Farmers' adaptive capacity  to Drought Hazards Within the Cattle Corridor of Uganda – James Mbaziira
12. Is Tanzania Ready for Climate Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Review on Sustainable Agriculture Practices? – Desderia Betson Mapunda
13. The feasibility of the biogas designs on the households in Mpigi District Uganda – Grace Namirembe
14. Trade-offs associated in the practice of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) techniques for sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria – Archibong Ntiense Akpan
15. Can Climate Change Perception and Access to Information Constrain or Enhance Adaptation? Comparative Analysis across Agro-Climatic Zones of Tanzania – Barnabas Msolini Msongaleli

Session 9c: Climate Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Resilience

FRIDAY 9^THDECEMBER 2022 – 2:00 – 4:30 PM

VENUE:  Main Hall B

1. Impact of climate change on food security in Uganda: a panel regression analysis – Brian Ogenrwoth
2. Climate patterns and extremes in Uganda’s Arabica and Robusta Coffee Regions – Catherine Mulinde
3. Determinants of variation in climate adaptation levels among small holder farmers in the Kyoyoga plains of Uganda – Chpmbo Oketcho
4. Gendered perceptions and determinants of climate variability in uganda’s cattle corridor – Faridah Sendagire Nalwanga
5. On the Agency of Men and Women in Dry lands: Efficacy of Gendered Adaptation Strategies to Current and Future Drought Conditions - Faridah Sendagire Nalwanga
6. Rainfall Variability and Yam Production in the Ejura Sekyeredumase Municipal, Ghana – Francis Kwame Bukari
7. Climate variability adaptation and food security in Lamwo district, northern Uganda – Muhamud Nabalegwa Wambede
8. Determinants of livestock farmers’ adaptations practices to climate variability in Ntoroko district, western Uganda – Muhamud Nabalegwa Wambede
9. Adoption of Multiple Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices: A Case of Smallholder Peanut Farmers in Tambacounda and Kolda, Senegal – Beckie Nantongo
10. Evaluation of Musa accessions indigenous to Benin Republic for resistance to black sigatoka disease – Peter Nweze Nwabueze
11. The influence of farmer perceived value on choice of climate-smart agricultural technologies in Lango subregion – Tugume Howard
12. Influence of Social Capital on Adaptation to Climate Variability and Vulnerability in Farming Households in Chamwino District, Tanzania – Justin Kalisti Urassa
13. Factors associated with justification of physical violence against women among communities living in wetlands: Implications for promoting alternative livelihoods in the context of climate change – Peter Kisaakye
14. Smallholders farmers adaptation strategies to climate change in Africa – Jesugnon Esther Aldegonde Kpodo
15. Effect of intensification of sorghum-based cropping practices on abundance and diversity of indicator organisms of soil health in eastern Uganda – Giregon Olupot

Session 10a: Nature-Based Systems in Mitigating Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Disasters

FRIDAY 9^THDECEMBER 2022 – 11:00AM – 1:00 PM

VENUE: Board Room 3

1. Livelihood vulnerability to climate change and variability in Borana pastoralist southern Ethiopia – Shetie Gatew
2. Eri birya amalhambo [‘Cleansing of Ridges’]: The Importance of Indigenous Farming Systems for Sustainable Livelihoods and climate resilience in the Rwenzori, Uganda – Bosco Bwambale
3. Risk assessments of longest dry spells phenomenon in Northern Tunisia – Majid Mathlouthi
4. Understanding natural hazards in a changing landscape: A citizen science approach in Kigezi highlands, southwestern Uganda – Violet Kanyiginya
5. Possible improvements for landslide susceptibility mapping using hybrid bivariate statistical model in Tsume micro-catchment, Manafwa Watershed. An integration of Frequency ratio, Shannon Entropy and Weighted overlay methods – Shafiq Nedala
6. An assessment of  landslide disaster preparedness of schools in Bududa and Manafwa districts, eastern Uganda – Flavia Joy Akello
7. Risk assessments of longest dry spells phenomenon in Northern Tunisia – Majid Mathlouthi
8. Geotechnical and GIS-based Environmental Baseline and Vulnerability Studies of Okemesi Landslide, South-Western Nigeria – Johnson Adedeji Olusola
9. Shallow landslide risk mitigation through Nature-based solutions in the Elgon region – Lilian Kempango
10. Dam break inundation prediction and its impact on the communities of Isingiro District, Western Uganda – Calvin John Esagu
11. Forest Above-Ground Biomass estimation along an elevation gradient in Mt. Rwenzori, Southwestern Uganda – Sarah Namayengo

Session 10b: Nature-Based Systems in Mitigating Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Disasters

FRIDAY 9^THDECEMBER 2022 – 2:00 – 4:30 PM 

VENUE: Board Room 3

1. The Relationships Between Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases in East Africa: A Systematic Literature Review – Yessey Ndyamuhaki
2. Adoption of Climate Information Services and Its Impacts on Household Food Security among Smallholders of Semiarid Areas of Kiteto and Kondoa Tanzania – Salma Khatibu
3. Modelling Stationary and non-Stationary Hydrological Extremes under a Changing Climate in Lake Kyoga Catchments, Uganda – Maximo Basheija Twinomuhangi
4. What controls physical vulnerability to geohydrological hazards? A quantitative approach for landslides and floods in the Rwenzori and Ankole sub regions, western Uganda – John Sekajugo
5. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Flood Hazards and their Impacts on Household Food Security in Eastern Uganda – Stephenson Tukahirwa
6. Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation in Grasslands of Horn of Africa – Sintayehu Dejene
7. Nature-based solutions for drought risk mitigation in the Eerer Sub-basin, Eastern Ethiopia – Sintayehu Dejene
8. Assessing Community Resilience to Floods in Kampala City – Allan Kivumbi
9. Lightning Occurrence and Casualties in Uganda 2007-2020 – Mary Ann Cooper
10. How African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics Network Addresses Lightning Risk in Uganda – Barnabas Akantambira
11. Seasonal dynamics of climate change on medium timescale and potential effect on patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards in the Kyoga Water Management Zone – Jesse Kisembe