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Rodgers Mutyebere

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Born on 10th January 1981, Rodgers Mutyebere is a Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. He holds a PhD in Bioscience Engineering (Agricultural and Resource Economics) from KU Leuven Belgium. He obtained a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from Makerere University Uganda and Bachelor of Vocational Studies in Agriculture with Education from Kyambogo University Uganda. Rodgers has over 18 years of teaching, research, community engagement at university level. He has several research publications in international peer reviewed journals, mainly on knowledge systems, farmer perceptions and their effect on the adoption of climate resilient nature-based solutions. Rodgers has a wide experience in quantitative data processing, and analysis with a strong bias in econometric approaches and Stata data analysis software. He also conducted several consultancy activities on the effectiveness of audio-media in enhancing farmers’ knowledge and financial literacy skills. He was also involved in the baseline survey to assess the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and adoption of Smart Agriculture, and assessing the economic feasibility of Bird-Friendly Certification, Eco-technology and Eco-tourism businesses in the Rwenzori region, Uganda.

  • PhD in Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural and Resource economics (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Master of Science in Agricultural Economics (Makerere University, Uganda)
  • Bachelor of Vocational Studies in Agriculture with Education (Kyambogo University, Uganda)
  1. Mutyebere, Rodgers, Vanermen, I., Van Ruymbeke, K., Nkurikiye, J. B., Twongyirwe, R., Sekajugo, J., Kabaseke, C., Kanyiginya, V., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2024). Disaster risk reduction measures and farmers choices: a discrete choice experiment in Uganda. Environmental Hazards, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2024.2414816
  2. Mutyebere, Rodgers, Twongyirwe, R., Sekajugo, J., Kabaseke, C., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2023). Does the Farmer’s Social Information Network Matter? Explaining Adoption Behavior for Disaster Risk Reduction Measures Using the Theory of Planned Behavior. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 92(April), 103721. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103721
  3. Ashepet, M. G., Vranken, L., Michellier, C., Dewitte, O., Mutyebere, R., Kabaseke, C., Twongyirwe, R., Kanyiginya, V., Kagoro-rugunda, G., & Huyse, T. (2024). Assessing scale reliability in citizen science motivational research: lessons learned from two case studies in Uganda. Humanities & Social Sciences Communication, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02873-1
  4. Sekajugo, J., Kagoro-rugunda, G., Mutyebere, R., Clovis, K., David, M., Violet, K., Liesbet, V., Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., & Kervyn, M. (2024). Exposure and physical vulnerability to geo-hydrological hazards in rural environments : A field-based assessment in East Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 102(September 2023), 104282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104282
  5. Kanyiginya, V., Twongyirwe, R., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Mubiru, D., Sekajugo, J., Mutyebere, R., Deijns, A. A. J., Kervyn, M., & Dewitte, O. (2023). Inventories of natural hazards in under-reported regions: a multi-method insight from a tropical mountainous landscape. African Geographical Review, 00(00), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2023.2280589
  6. Sekajugo, J., Kagoro-rugunda, G., Mutyebere, R., Kabaseke, C., Namara, E., Dewitte, O., Kervyn, M., & Jacobs, L. (2022). Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory ? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori, Uganda. Environmental Research Letters, 17(4), 1–15. https://doi.org/Environ. Res. Lett. 17 (2022) 045011 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb5
  7. Kaahwa, M., Zhu, C., Muhumuza, M., Mutyebere, R., & Karemera, C. (2019). The Effectiveness of Audio Media in Enhancing Farmers’ Knowledge: The Case of Smallholder Banana Farmers in Western Uganda. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (IJES), 7(2), 68. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v7i2.10847
  8. Mutyebere, R., Sheila, N. A., Bonabana-Wabbi, J., & Basamba, T. A. (2018). Adoption of Improved Varieties and Input Elasticities Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Kabarole District-Western Uganda. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources., 4(6), 9.
  1. Project members: Flemish Inter-University Council (VLIR-OUS) through the TEAM project (grant number: UG2019TEA492A105): Digital citizen Science for community-based Resilience on Environmental management (D-SiRE): 2019-2023
  2. Project Coordinator/ Team leader: Feasibility study on Bird-Friendly Certification in Bundibugyo District, hired by Rwenzori Sustainable Trade Centre (RSTC) and Mountains of the Moon University, in 2018
  3. Team member: Angel’s Haven and KOICA and Mountains of the Moon University: Leaders training program on pupils’ leadership program in Hakibale Sub-county Kabarole District: 2015-2017
  4. Project member: improving the management practices and financial literacy of Smallholder banana farmers in the Rwenzori using Radio programs, sponsored by VLIR-UOS and Mountains of the Moon University
  5. Project member: Baseline survey and dissemination of the findings on climate change vulnerability assessment in the Rwenzori region, sponsored by Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE) in 2017
  6. Project member: Training of School Head teachers and Deputies in the Albertine Region school management, 2017
  1. Alex Morulenge (PhD, 2025-2029: KU Leuven)– On-going. Community-based insurance for flood risk resilience: Impact of the socio-economic solidarity mechanisms in the Rwenzori Region
  2. Rwendeire Stuart Evart (MBA, 2022) – graduated: Assessing the drivers of competitiveness of cement industry in Uganda. Master of Business Administration, Faculty of Business and Management Science, MMU, Uganda
  3. Emile Van Caenegem (MSc., 2022) – graduated: Assessing farmers ’ access to information and preferences for Disaster Risk Reduction strategies: the case of Western Uganda: MSc. in Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural and Resource Economics (KU Leuven, Belgium in collaboration with MMU, Uganda)
  4. Omer Shlomi (MSc., 2022) – graduated: A review of applied practices and drivers for optimal climate risk reduction by small-scale farmers in Kabarole district, Uganda: MSc. Climate Change Management (Weihenstephan Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, German in collaboration with MMU, Uganda)
  1. Head of Department for Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 2022-2023
  2. Presentd in this conference: Mutyebere, Rodgers, Vanermen, I., Van Ruymbeke, K., Nkurikiye, J. B., Twongyirwe, R., Sekajugo, J., Kabaseke, C., Kanyiginya, V., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2024). Access to Information and Farmers’ Preferences for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction Measures: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Western Uganda; presented (physical) at the XVII EAAE Congress; August 29th – September 1st, 2023 Rennes France: Focus on Agri-food systems in a changing World: Connecting Science and Society
  3. Also presented in this conference: Mutyebere, Rodgers, Vanermen, I., Van Ruymbeke, K., Nkurikiye, J. B., Twongyirwe, R., Sekajugo, J., Kabaseke, C., Kanyiginya, V., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2023). Access to Information and Farmers’ Preferences for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction Measures: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Western Uganda; presented (online) at the 2023 Tropentag from 20 to 22 September in Berlin: A focus on ways to transform food
  4. Attended a short training: Agro-Ecology in Practice Stakeholders’ Short Course organized by Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda, April 2011.
  5. Participated in an internation visit and Training: Agricultural project appraisal: Gross Margin Analysis, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2021