Roseline Katusiime

Biography

Roseline Katusiime is a Ugandan national pursuing a PhD in Agricultural Sciences at the Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development of the University of Hohenheim (sponsored by the Germany Academic Exchange Service, DAAD). Roseline holds an M.Sc. with a Specialization in Agricultural Systems from the University of Western Australia, a B.Sc. in Horticulture with Management and Entrepreneurship and a Diploma in Agriculture from Uganda. She is a founding member of Albertine Interventions for Development (AID) and served as a service provider at the National Agricultural Advisory Services of the Government of Uganda. She has worked with several organizations in the field of agriculture and food security, for example, as a project officer, programme coordinator, trainer, extension and value chain development specialist and quality assurance assistant.

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PhD Research Project: A comparison of different methods to detect and analysis micronutrient gaps in dietary patterns in Western Uganda

In Uganda, micronutrient deficiencies have led to malnutrition which is responsible for an estimated 60% of infant deaths and 25% of maternal deaths. Detecting micronutrient gaps is important but challenged by a lack of empirical evidence and adequate data collection methods for obtaining insights on dietary intake at the individual level. The research compares different methods on how to best collect data, including a novel smartphone application (the Calculator of Inadequate Micronutrient Intake, CIMI) and qualitative approaches to analyse micronutrient gaps in dietary patterns and identify better strategies for promoting healthier diets among poor and vulnerable communities in Western Uganda.

Publications

Daum, T., Birner, R., Biesalski, K., Blaschke, N., Bosch, C., Güttler, D., Heni, J., Kariuki, J., Katusiime, R., Seidel, A., Senon, N-Z., Woode, G. (2020). Between pandemics and famines: Towards nutrition-sensitive lockdowns during Covid-19 and beyond. Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development, 006-2020.

Birner, R. Blaschke, N., Bosch, C., Daum, T., Graf, S., Güttler, D., Heni, J., Kariuki, J., Katusiime, R., Seidel, A., Senon, N-Z., Woode, G. (2020). ‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger ́ -Exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries. Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development, 005-2020.

You, M. P., Nichols, P., Katusiime, R., & Barbetti, M. J. (2020). Novel Disease Host Resistances in the World Core Collection of Trifolium Subterraneum. Plant Disease.