Publications

E. Adipala · Joan Apio · J. Kalungi · C. Kuteesa +1 more

Providing access to knowledge outputs is important to support development in Africa through strengthening learning, innovation, and avoiding duplication. However, although there has been an increase in the research output from the continen…

RUF-36178 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016

R. Chapota · P. Chinkhokwe · J. M. Kisebe · C. Mloza-Banda

In the simplest form, an agricultural innovation system has three elements: the organizations and individuals involved in generating, diffusing, adapting and using new knowledge; the interactive learning that occurs when organizations enga…

RUF-36175 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016

I.N. Kashaija · V. Mbigidde · Barbara Mugwanya-Zawedde

For growth and development to occur in the agricultural sector, availability of timely and relevant agricultural research information is important for both planning and practice at all levels. The National Agricultural Research Organisatio…

RUF-36171 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Joan Apio · A. Egeru · H. Makuma-Massa +2 more

By 2025, every smallest personal items to the largest continents, everything, and everywhere will be digitally connected, and responsive to people’s wants and likes. Universities have no choice but to increase the use and availability of k…

RUF-36170 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Bainomugisha

The inability to obtain soil characteristics rapidly and inexpensively remains one of the biggest challenges faced by farmers in Uganda and many African countries. Currently, the majority of farmers do not use any scientific means to asses…

RUF-36169 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

P. Atim · P. Boshoff

This study set out to examine the meaning that young working class men living in Kampala, Uganda, make of American action movies in Bibanda, informal video-viewing halls. The study examined the ways in which these meanings may contribute t…

RUF-36167 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

M. Amir · W. Muluken · N. Peter

Information and communication issues have been key topics for agricultural education and extension for decades. Farmers need information on weather forecasts, inputs, improved cultivation practices, pest and disease management and market p…

RUF-36164 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Sylvia Chindime · Moses Osiru · S. Uwituze

Africa is currently last in all the knowledge economy indicators yet growth and development in a globalized world are driven by a knowledge economy. Although Africa demonstrated strong economic performance during the last decade, with at l…

RUF-36155 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

P.E. Ogwang · C.U. Tolo · Anke Weisheit

A regional approach to higher education in Africa offers the best way to build and sustain excellence in higher education in African economies, and to develop the human resources required to address key development challenges facing Africa…

RUF-36154 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

M. Kimanya · E. Sauli · G. Shirima · E.S. Swai +1 more

With nearly 850 million hungry people globally in 2012, there are social, ethical and political imperatives to put more emphasis on food and nutritional security, particularly in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The region is charac…

RUF-36151 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Moses Osiru · Charles Owuor · M. Waswa

This paper is an initial attempt to assess the status and use of evaluative processes in African universities to inform their strategic decisions in face of growing demands for universities to transform and be more relevant in development …

RUF-36142 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Moses Osiru · Charles Owuor · M. Waswa

This articles draws from experiences of engaging African Universities to assemble basic data on their training and research performance which ordinarily would be readily available as a good practice for internal and external accountability…

RUF-36141 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Moses Osiru

In 2014, African Heads of State and Government signed the Malabo Declaration, signaling a change in gear in the implementation of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) and related processes in Africa. The road …

RUF-36139 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Okalany

Academic mobility is a globally accepted mechanism for internationalizing higher education and producing a globally competitive workforce. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has facilitated acade…

RUF-36138 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

V. Ogemah

The role played by smallholder farmers in Africa cannot be overemphasized. Smallholder agricultural production systems contribute significantly to the economic development as well as livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. The small scale produ…

RUF-36137 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

M. Asinyaka · B. Krogh · E. Ntagwirumugara · O. Ugirimbabazi

Modern energy access acts as a catalyst for development. It connects economic growth with social equity and environmental sustainability which are important Millennium Development Goals. However, the vast majority of sub-Saharan Africans l…

RUF-36135 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

Bedadi. Bobe · Kibret. Kibebew · Wogi. Lemma · Eshetu. Mitiku +5 more

Climate change is a global issue posing challenges to sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and development. The impacts of climate change are pronounced in Eastern and Southern African countries more than any other regions of the continen…

RUF-36130 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

M. DeFreese · M. Mullei

Changing youth labour market conditions in Tanzania necessitate the acquisition of demanddriven skills for the successful school-to-work transition of Tanzanian graduates particularly in rural and semi-rural areas. In tertiary education at…

RUF-36128 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

E. Adipala · Joan Apio · Sylvia Mkandawire · P. Nampala +1 more

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and its precursor the Forum for Agricultural Resource Husbandry (FORUM) have in the last two decades focused on mobilizing universities to secure quality gradua…

RUF-36127 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

J. Muwanga-Zake · J. Mwine · J. Ssebuwufu · J. Ssemakula

The usual approach to development has been led by research along fragmented fields of study, each of which independently yields dissertations that often recommend unimplementable projects. The large number of theses and dissertations linin…

RUF-36126 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016

Mayada Mamoun Beshir · Beshir Mayada M. · M. Muna Elhag

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a regional network of 60 member universities operating in 25 countries that fosters collaboration, coordination, training and research amongst member univers…

RUF-36119 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016

J Lepetu · R. Mabe

Entrepreneurship development (ED) is a common phrase in the current business world, and similarly so in Botswana. The goal of the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) incubation agripreneur programme in collabora…

RUF-36113 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016

T. Losenge · S. Shiomi · M. Tsunoda

The economic development of Africa is dependent on “home-grown” innovations geared to solving the Africa’s development challenges. A partnership among the Japanese academic institution, development partners, the private sector and the Jomo…

RUF-36111 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016

A.K. Kiprop · L.L.W. Munyendo · R.C. Ramkat

Internationalization of quality higher education has been a major concern not only at universities in developed countries but also to universities in developing countries such as in Kenya. The main drive for internationalization is the nee…

RUF-36107 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016

P. Kelly

Agricultural R&D is a proven development strategy with great importance for rural poverty, food security, and adaptation to a changing environment, and one where costs tend to be low in relation to other applications of science and tec…

RUF-36103 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016