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Sustainable wetland management is a focus of many countries worldwide. These mainly use protection as a key policy directive for conservation. However, avoidance directives tend to disenfranchise local populations. Thus, such management is…
This publication follows the journeys of young agricultural change makers who are part of the TAGDev scholarship programme. TAGDev is a unique scholarship programme, supported by the Mastercard Foundation, which seeks to build the capaciti…
Credible quantitative and qualitative information on existing capacities in agricultural higher education agencies in Africa are crucial for strategic planning, policy formulation, setting priorities and benchmarks, measuring progress towa…
The RUFORUM University-Community Engagement Strategy identifies current institutional goals and strategies for capitalizing on the exceptional assets and opportunities that form RUFORUM and its member Universities’ experience. The strategy…
Insect pests are primary constraints in maize (Zea mays) production in many places in sub-Saharan Africa. Stem borers and storage pests are responsible for severe yield losses and health hazards due to mycotoxin contamination. Integrated p…
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and the viruses that infect it, notably cassava mosaic virus and cassava brown streak viruses, have a unique history of co-evolution and co-existence. While cassava originated in South America, both virus…
The weed flora in smallholder farmer’s fields and the potential arable farmers have on their weeds in Swaziland were investigated in the 2015/2016 cropping season. The study was conducted in five agro-ecological zones, 117 fields and 99 fa…
Weeds control is one of the expensive agronomical practices in maize production and has a direct effect on ultimate returns to especially the rural-poor small-scale farmers. Moreover, high weed infestation increases the cost of cultivation…
Les changements climatiques sévissent à l’échelle planétaire et viennent s’ajouter aux nombreux défis auxquels doit déjà faire face l’agriculture. Dans la communauté scientifique, ces changements sont surtout perçus en termes de réchauffem…
Whereas decentralisation has received support as an institutional panacea to natural resource management, devolution is seen as an effective solution to local collective action in watershed restoration. Despite conducive institutional and …
This paper evaluates determinants of farmer’s preference for sustainable land use practices under Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme in three sub-counties of Nakuru County in Kenya. Data were collected from 200 randomly select…
Savings and credit cooperatives have been seen as the most appropriate institution to serve rural households and contribute to poverty alleviation and rural development. However they have been characterized by inadequate credit monitoring …
The study investigated barriers to collective action in unsuccessful Poultry Farmer Groups (PFGs) in six sub counties of Wakiso district in central Uganda. Innovation promoters believe that if farmers collectively adopt innovative technolo…
The study investigated drivers of collective action and innovation adoption (innovativeness) in successful poultry farmer groups (FGs) in Wakiso district, Uganda. The potential role of FGs as rural institutions for collective uptake of agr…
Kenya has attached great interest in education as a stimulant for economic and social development since 1963. Higher education evolution and transformation in Kenya has been rapid following increased demand and pressure from the public for…
In the contemporary sense, a Common Higher Education Area designates a geographic region where higher education systems are based on comparable, compatible, coherent and harmonised frameworks accepted in the region as providing objective b…
Research and innovation is a critical and definitive determinant of national and regional economic transformation. Major global economies have developed due to their dominance of the global research and innovation systems. Africa’s match t…
Critical to Africa’s growth and development is how universities push forward with their contribution in generating and applying requisite knowledge and innovations that are applicable and address the burgeoning challenges faced by communit…
The outcry for reform in African universities over the last two decades has been epic; and the extent of reforms that have been executed on the continent is varied leaving islands of success in teaching, research and innovation. What has b…
Flood recession farming (locally known as molapo farming) is a farming system which is based on natural irrigation and fertilization of the floodplain where crops are cultivated on the remaining soil moisture of the receding flood. Maize (…
Feed accounts for up to 70% of production costs in aquaculture, hence reducing this cost is needed for rural development. Plant ingredients commonly used in feed contain phytic acid that forms indigestible complexes with nutrients thus red…
This study was conducted to assess honeybee production practices in Sekota district, northern Ethiopia. The district comprises a total of 33 kebeles (peasant associations at the lowest admistrative level) which were classified into three h…
A new disease on the African continent called maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND) that has been reported to cause up to 100% losses in neighbouring Kenya, has since spread to Uganda. Production of maize in Uganda is now under threat from …
