This user manual guides ISU-UP and CSRL staff, as well as cocoa farmers, through the process of composting their cocoa pod husks. Husks are a waste product that generate quickly and can cause environmental and human health concerns, such as black pod rot, or create breeding grounds for mosquitoes. By composting the husks, farmers can …
Mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue Fever, Zika, and Malaria remain among Uganda’s most urgent public health challenges, undermining individual well-being, community resilience, and national development. This report demonstrates how regenerative landscape design and low-cost environmental interventions can simultaneously reduce disease risk and strengthen agricultural productivity. Grounded in a One Health framework, this report emphasizes integrated …
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In July 2025, the Public Science Collaborative research team conducted two weeks of fieldwork in the Busoga region of Eastern Uganda to investigate how cocoa farming practices intersect with environmental and health risks related to mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. This work builds on a growing body of research that links landscape features and agricultural …
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