Project reports

RUF-37372 2018 CC BY 4.0 23 Feb 2018

This report presents a summary of RUFORUM Secretariat activity progress and achievements made during the second quarter (October -December 2017) of the Financial Year 2017/18. The key highlights during the quarter were: 1) RUFORUM convened…

RUF-37345 2018 CC BY 4.0 23 Jan 2018

RUFORUM Vision 2030: The African Universities’ Agenda for Agricultural Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI)’ – emerges from a broadly informed, systematically consultation process. It represents the expertise, insi…

RUF-37296 2017 CC BY 4.0 14 Dec 2017

This report describes key activities of the Secretariat of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) during the period 1 July-30 September 20171. Following the mid-term review of RUFORUM’s Strategic Bus…

RUF-37253 2017 CC BY 4.0 6 Oct 2017

Principals and Deans of the 46 RUFORUM member universities in 22 African Countries, having held consultative meetings on Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa in Entebbe (March 2014) and Johannesburg (November 2014) met in …

RUF-36731 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Jul 2017

RUFORUM held a Principals/Deans Committee Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan from 8-10 June 2015. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity to consult with Deans/Principals of African schools of agriculture and agricultural related …

RUF-36730 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Jul 2017

This report presents a summary of RUFORUM Secretariat activity progress and achievements made during the fourth quarter (April - June 2017) of the Financial Year 2016/17.

RUF-36720 2017 CC BY 4.0 7 Jul 2017

In October 2016, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) with support of national, regional, continental and international partners hosted a Ministerial Round Table at the Fifth African Higher Educati…

RUF-36692 2016 CC BY 4.0 29 May 2017

The Africa Union’s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024) is the first of the ten-year incremental phasing strategies to respond to the demand for science, technology and innovation to impact across criti…

RUF-36687 CC BY 4.0 25 May 2017

A summary booklet on the RUFORUM Network.

RUF-36686 2017 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2017

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 66 African universities in 26 countries across the Continent with a mission to ‘strengthen the capacities of Universities to foster innovations …

RUF-36685 2017 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2017

In fulfilment of its vision and mission, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) provides support to member universities to implement projects that are deemed strategic to generate research and develo…

RUF-36683 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Apr 2017

Makerere University is a founder member of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and is one of the main beneficiary of the Competitive Grants System. As part of implementation, RUFORUM provides supp…

RUF-36682 2017 CC BY 4.0 27 Apr 2017

Settumba B. Mukasa

This is the annual report of the Cassava Community Action Research Project (Cassava CARP) for the period October 2015 – September 2016. The Cassava CARP is aimed at enhancing sustainable production, processing and marketing of cassava and …

RUF-36578 2016 CC BY 4.0 9 Feb 2017

This report provides a summary of activities undertaken by the RUFORUM Secretariat and achievements accomplished during the period 1st October to 31st December 2016. The main activity undertaken was the Convening of the Fifth African Highe…

RUF-36542 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Dec 2016

This report presents a summary of progress and achievements for the first quarter (JulySeptember 2016) of the 2016/17 financial period. The report adopts a new structure aligned to the RUFORUM Capacity Building Framework as outlined in the…

RUF-36486 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Nov 2016

This report presents a summary of activities conducted by the RUFORUM Secretariat in the Fourth Quarter (April-June 2016) of Financial/Activity Year 2015/16. The report is arranged based on the Secretariat's core programme areas.

RUF-36026 2016 CC BY 4.0 5 Sep 2016

Dereje Assefa

RUF-36001 2016 CC BY 4.0 27 Jul 2016

There is increasing need for university teaching staff to develop skills and approaches towards teaching and student learning in institutions of higher education. Specifically the need is towards providing them with the pedagogical tools t…

RUF-35931 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Apr 2016

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a Network of 55 universities in 22 African countries. RUFORUM supports capacity building efforts across Africa through a partnership led approach involving a…

RUF-35930 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Apr 2016

Settumba Mukasa

The Cassava Community Action Research Project (CARP) is aimed at enhancing sustainable production, processing and marketing of cassava and cassava products among the farming communities. Specifically, the project is focusing on quality cas…

RUF-35892 2015 CC BY 4.0 3 Feb 2016

Joan Apio

Over the past two years, RUFORUM Secretariat has been advocating for the use of Social Media as a tool for dissemination, collaboration and networking among its member universities and partners. Through the communication strategy, several…

RUF-33674 2015 CC BY 4.0 27 Apr 2015

RUFORUM activities during the year were in line with its Business Plan 2011-2016, which presents the roadmap for its desired course of service delivery. The Business Plan commits RUFORUM to consolidate its operations around three program a…

RUF-33642 2014 CC BY 4.0 9 Apr 2015

RUFORUM’s capacity building efforts stem from the significance of agriculture to the continent and a commitment to support postgraduate level training and research among its member universities as enshrined in the RUFORUM Vision and Missio…

RUF-31724 2013 CC BY 4.0 19 Mar 2014

Nodumo Dhlamini

In 2012 the analysis of online sharing & publishing of agricultural information & knowledge in 30 member universities found that 12 of the universities had institutional repositories (40%). However only 5 of the 12 were fully funct…

RUF-31718 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 Mar 2014