
Chair-Innovation & Business Management
Position | Chair Innovation & Business Management
Pharm-Bio Technology and Traditional Medicine Centre (PHARMBIOTRAC) |
Bio Profile
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Anke Weisheit is an Agricultural Engineer, MSc with more than 16 years of experience in tropical agriculture, value chain development and agri-business in Eastern and Southern Africa. Currently, she is the Chair Innovation & Business Management at the Pharm-Bio Technology and Traditional Medicine Centre (PHARMBIOTRAC), and Chairperson Programmes and Research Committee of THETA Uganda Board of Trustees. In addition, she is an External Expert to the European Commission Horizon2020. She has researched and consulted for the United Nations Development Programme, Wold Bank, World Health Organization, World Agroforestry Centre, and German Agency for International Cooperation among others. |
Qualification | Master in Agriculture (M Agr.) Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Bonn, Germany Bachelor in Agricultural Trading, Agro-business marketing & management, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences University, Germany Agro-chemistry and Plant Protection Engineer, Engineer School of Agro-chemistry & Plant Protection, Germany |
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Thematic areas | Innovation Incubation, Business development, University – Industry Cooperation |
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Publications | 2017, Weisheit, Anke, Adopting the Songhaï Model for Integrated Natural Resources Management, Livelihoods Improvement and Green Job Creation in Uganda, February 2017, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Uganda 2007, Lagu C, Andama M, Lee S, Park M, Ainomugisha A, Ariho A, Weisheit A and Tusingwire S 2017: Prevalence and intensity of internal parasites in pigs under indigenous micro-organism (IMO) and conventional piggery farms, greater Mbarara, Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 29, Article #106. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/6/chla29106.html 2016, Weisheit, Anke, Livelihoods-focused Rapid Needs Assessment and Programme Development Report, Bidibidi and Mungula II Refugee Settlements in West Nile, Uganda – September 2016, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Uganda, http://www.ug.undp.org/content/uganda/en/home/library/ 2014, Weisheit, Anke & Hassan O. Kaya. African Indigenous Organic Farming as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. In Hassan O. Kaya & Yonah N. Seleti (eds.): African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: An African Young Scientists Initiative. Wandsbeck, South Africa: People’s Publishers 2012, Mainen J Moshi, Donald F Otieno and Anke Weisheit, “Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District”, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012, 8:14 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-14 2010, Moshi M J; Innocent E; Magadula J J; Otieno D F; Weisheit A; Mbabazi P K; Nondo R S O, Brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used as traditional medicines in Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 2010;12(1):63-7, Health User’s Trust Fund (HRUTF), ISSN: 1821-6404, doi:10.4314/thrb.v12i1.56287 2010 Mainen J. Moshi, Donald F. Otieno, Pamela K. Mbabazi, Anke Weisheit, Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 2: The medicinal plants of Katoro Ward, Bukoba District, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010, 6:19 (22 July 2010), doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-19 2009 Moshi J.M, Otieno D.F., Mbabazi P.K, Weisheit A, The Ethnomedicine of the Haya people of Bugabo ward, Kagera Region, north western Tanzania, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5:24, doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-24 2009 Moshi, M.J., Innocent, E., Masimba, P.J., Otieno, D.F., Weisheit, A., Mbabazi, P.K., Maria Lynes, M., Meachem, K., Hamilton, A., Urassa, I., Antimicrobial and brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used in traditional medicine in Bukoba District, north western Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 1123-28., PMID: 19445101, http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?th09005, doi:10.4314/thrb.v11i1.43247 |
Projects | 2017-2021, The World Bank, Pharm-BioTechnology and Traditional Medicine Center, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, African Centres of Excellence (ACEII-44) 2014 – 2016, Gorta – The Freedom from Hunger Council of Ireland: Project Title: Enhancing sustainable productivity and utilization of Irish Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Kigezi Highlands, South Western Uganda, (UGA/2115/13) 2013 – 2013, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Collaborative Research Project: “Upscaling the Production of Priority African Vegetables in Eastern and Central Africa” 2012 – 2015, Stichting Red een Kind (Help a Child): Agribusiness Value Chain Development for Improved Livelihood and Income Security in Kolir sub county, Bukedea District, Uganda, (07/BO-SUD/01) 2012 – 2013, Gorta – The Freedom from Hunger Council of Ireland: Development Grant for Project Implementation Agro forestry for improved food security, income and ecosystem management in the Kigezi highlands (AFFSEM), (UGA/2090/12) 2009 – 2010 Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Collaborative Research Project: Innovative Approaches for Mainstreaming Integrated Natural Resource Management in Agricultural Research and Development Institutions in Eastern and Central Africa, (ASARECA/NRM/09/04) 2006 – 2009 Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes): Collaborative Research Project Kenya, Uganda Tanzania Domestication of safe medicinal species for income generation, improvement of the herbal health care provision and conservation of the environment |
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Awards and Prizes | 2003 Winner: The CGIAR – Innovation Marketplace: “Best Innovative Partnership Program” Rukararwe Partnership Workshop for Rural Development, in partnership with World Agroforestry Centre, Strengthening the Capacity of Herbalists in Conservation and use of Medicinal Species. Awarded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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Attachments | Current Resume |