John Mugonya

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I am a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Makerere University, Uganda. My current research is placed at the nexus between rural development, agribusiness, and sustainability. Climate change mitigation is a global challenge that carbon offset mechanisms contribute to. Carbon offset projects must strike the delicate balance between social inclusion, economic equity, and environmental sustainability, which is a daunting challenge, especially in smallholder farming contexts. My current research seeks to answer the question. How do you design an economically viable, scalable, and sustainable carbon offset project for smallholder farmers? This research is even more significant in this era of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
  • 2022–2023
    Programme manager (Uganda), Agripreneurship Alliance
  • 2019–2022
    Consultant, Global Research Program on Enabling Systems Transformation at ICRISAT-Nairobi, CGIAR System Organization
  • 2017–2017
    Customer Service Consultant, Centenary Bank
  • 2015–2017
    Agricultural Loans Officer, Centenary Bank
  • 2013–2015
    Project Officer, Caritas, Kampala

Education

  • 2019 
    Gulu University, Master of Science in Agri-enterprises Development
  • 2013 
    Makerere University, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Publications

  • 2024
    Framework for conceptualising transition readiness from emergency response to rebuilding livelihoods in Mogadishu, Somalia, Food Security
  • 2022
    Determinants of quality-based payments for livestock in conflict-prone areas of Kenya, Journal of Arid Environments
  • 2021
    Contextualizing private sector-led seed system development: The case of sorghum in Eastern Africa. , Outlook on Agriculture
  • 2021
    Effect of market information quality, sharing, and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of smallholder pig producers, Cogent Food & Agriculture
  • 2020
    Utilisation of labour among pig farmers in northern Uganda., African Crop Science Journal
  • 2019
    Determinants of innovation behaviour among pig farmers in Northern Uganda, African Journal of Rural Development

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Effects of complementary agricultural measures on transition readiness of cash transfer beneficiaries in Somalia - Consolidating a Transition Readiness Framework
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    Funding Source:
    International Food Policy Research Institute

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