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Universities have a critical role to play in community transformation through technology and knowledge transfer whilst staying on course with teaching and research functions. Community action research is a remarkable approach to facilitati…
Incubators play a significant role in the development of Africa’s agriculture sector. To advance that process, African incubation initiatives must be revived, and research programmes must investigate innovation systems in order to precisel…
Identification of right profile and potential students from disadvantaged classes is critical for inclusive university transformation agenda. This paper documents the insights and lessons from the selection of potential students, as part o…
The POCA/DOSA (Participatory Organisational Capacity Assessment/Discussion-Oriented Self-Assessment Index Tool) was used to assess the performance of the RUFORUM Secretariat and seven sampled Universities in relation to six capacity dimens…
A national qualification framework (NQF) is an instrument used to classify a country’s qualifications at different levels. Each level is defined by a set of learning outcomes expected at that level. NQFs are an extremely useful tool when c…
Global food demand is experiencing accelerated increase with projected deficits requiring a sustained growth of at least 70% if the world is to feed its growing population by 2050. Amidst this accelerated growth in food demand and populati…
Cereal stover contributes immensely to ruminant nutrition but are harvested when they are low in nutritive value. This affects rumen fermentation and animal productivity. Bio-conversion of cereal stover through mushroom may increase its nu…
The second Forum for African Women Vice Chancellors (FAWoVC) was held on October 21, 2018 in Nairobi. The preeminent leadership and networking event with a continental reach was founded in 2016 as a way of helping women surmount the prevai…
Summary report of the Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference organized from 22-26 October 2018 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall objective of the Conference was to p…
This study aimed at assessing the impact of desertification on the environmental situation in west Omdurman area. The study used GIS techniques to analyze the digital data obtained from satellite image to monitor desertification and thickn…
Climate change is one of the major challenges facing small-scale farmers in East Africa. A study was conducted in Central and Eastern Uganda representing the humid and subhumid regions in East Africa respectively with the objective of iden…
Effects of climate change, drudgery of farming operations and reducing soil fertility over time have exacerbated food insecurity at the smallholder farm level in Malawi. The Government of Malawi has put in place mechanisms to reverse this …
This paper reports on an evaluation of a project titled Food Diversification Support Project (FoDiS) under the Ministry of Agriculture whose objective was to improve food security of farming communities in drought prone areas of Zambia thr…
Sweetpotato is an important food security crop for millions of households in sub- Saharan Africa. However, its production is constrained by a number of biotic, abiotic and socioeconomic factors. The objective of this study was to assess an…
In sub Saharan Africa (SSA), informal markets provide affordable animal-source foods to large populations. However such foods carry hazards. The Safe Food, Fair Food Project was implemented between 2008 and 2011 to develop capacity in part…
The general objective of this study was to improve the livelihoods of cavy farmers in the Western highlands of Cameroun by describing their socio-economic characteristics, identifying cavy market chains, estimating the contribution of cavy…
This paper explores how agricultural development is closely interconnected to economic development and industrialization, and how Africa could embrace this reality and develop agriculture, its economy, and industrialize. Africa boasts land…
A study on the effect of formulated and supplementary feeds on water quality parameters of fresh water fish (Oreochromis shiranus) culture was conducted at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Fish Farm for three months…
Dairy has gained prominence among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Kenyan rangelands albeit with many challenges. A study was conducted to characterize smallholder cattle dairy in semi-arid Mbeere District, Eastern Kenya. Farmer p…
Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus is a polyphagous pest that can damage several genera of host plants. Since its first detection in Pemba (northern of Mozambique) in 2013, there has been no information on its current geographical dist…
Phoenix dactylifera est l’élément essentiel dans les systèmes de production oasiens. Au Mali les principales zones de production sont les régions de Kidal et de Gao. La quasitotalité de ces palmeraies sont infestées par Parlatoria blanchar…
A total of 66 half diallel hybrids from 12 lines of maize and 16 top cross hybrids from four IRAD lines and four composites were evaluated on acid soils in Cameroon at Nkoemvone in 2004. The 12 lines consisted of five from IRAD, one from I…
Urban Agriculture has served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Mombasa, Kenya. Urban dwellers rely on the market for food but with the tremendous surge in food prices beyond the reach of the majority of t…
A study previously conducted revealed that a greater proportion of yams being conserved by farmers on-farm are becoming extinct. Some of these yams are also being conserved at the gene bank. A strategy was formulated to increase farmers’ a…
