Working Document Series Open Access Pyrolysis of blended and non-blended residues of pine and eucalyptus forestry woods N. Banadda · R. Kizza · J. Seay · A. Zziwa Over 11% of the 241551 sq. km of total land in Uganda is under forestry and woodland producing over 34.4 million tonnes of wood resource. However, about 65% of this resource remains as wood waste in form of saw dust, chips and offcuts of w… RUF-36230 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Utilisation of indigenous fruit trees in the Lake Victoria basin districts of Rwanda and Uganda J.G. Agea · C. Bigirimana · E. Bizuru · P. Isubikalu +4 more Ecosystems in Rwanda and Uganda have a diversity of wild tree species many of which are indigenous fruit trees (IFTs) which provide a number of benefits to communities. This study was conducted to assess the utilization of IFTs in the Lake… RUF-36225 2016 CC BY 4.0 17 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Severe acute malnutrition and post-treatment outcomes among children in Uganda C.S. Karamagi · G.A. Odei · H. Wamani Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is reported to affect 19 million children under five years worldwide. About 5% of children younger than five years in Uganda are wasted and 2% of these children are said to be severely wasted. Community base… RUF-36218 2016 CC BY 4.0 17 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The African Journal for Rural Development: A demonstration of a network of universities as a learning organization responsive to stakeholder recommendations E. Adipala · R. Batte · P. Nampala · R. Namubiru +1 more Rural development is key for the developing nations in Africa. The field is heavily centered on exploitation of land-intensive natural resources. Africa faces a myriad of challenges which offer a fertile ground for research and development… RUF-36214 2016 CC BY 4.0 17 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Promoting farmer entrepreneurship among smallholders in Uganda P. Atim · M. Edimu · A. Egeru · R. Ekwamu +2 more Smallholder farmers typify agricultural production in Uganda. Smallholder farmers have severally been criticised for the lack of entrepreneurship yet farmer entrepreneurship is generally defined by two facets; the managerial skills needed … RUF-36208 2016 CC BY 4.0 17 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Preparing students for agricultural employment in sub-Saharan Africa E. Adipala · A. Egeru · H. Makuma-Massa · P. Nampala +1 more There is an increasing need for universities to produce graduates with strong technical skills, practical experience in their areas of specialization, ability to work with rural smallholder farmers and yet with broad development perspectiv… RUF-36204 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Embedding community engagement in University training curricula: Experiences from Gulu University in Uganda S. W. Kalule · D. Ongeng University-community linkages are thought to provide key inputs for new knowledge, innovations and technologies for economic development. Accordingly, Gulu University, from inception took a community oriented approach as its pillar of iden… RUF-36191 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Towards a new role of agricultural extension in nutrition education: Evidence from western Uganda Margaret Kabahenda · M. Mangheni · F. Shimali Extension and advisory services had their main role as training, communication and dissemination of technical information, improved technologies and practices. However, there is increasingly a realization that extension has to take on new … RUF-36180 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Implementing a digital repository to increase access to agricultural higher education research and learning in Africa: The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture experience 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
Working Document Series Open Access Strengthening communication and knowledge management for increased agricultural productivity: A Ugandan case study 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
Working Document Series Open Access Readership analysis of impact storylines from University based research 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
Working Document Series Open Access IoT4Food: Harnessing Internet of Things Technology (IoT) for sustainable agriculture 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
Working Document Series Open Access Building capacity of African Universities to train proactive graduates through partnerships: The case of RUFORUM and Carnegie 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
Working Document Series Open Access Pharm-BioTechnology and Traditional Medicine Centre: An Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project at Mbarara University of Science and Technology 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
Working Document Series Open Access Centre for Research, Agricultural Advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability in Food and Nutritional Security (CREATES-FNS) at Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) 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
Working Document Series Open Access A paradigm shift from monitoring and evaluation to interdisciplinary evaluative systems thinking: The status of evaluative processes and use in African Universities 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
Working Document Series Open Access African Universities by numbers: Monitoring and evaluation dilemma 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
Working Document Series Open Access Responding to key gaps in Africa’s Higher Agricultural Education: Lessons from the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture 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
Working Document Series Open Access Enhancing internationalization and quality of African universities through academic mobility: Experiences from RUFORUM 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
Working Document Series Open Access Building effective convening power for higher education in Africa 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
Working Document Series Open Access The African Centre of Agro-Ecology and Livelihood Systems (ACALISE): A World Bank Project at Uganda Martyrs University 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
Working Document Series Open Access Taking pro-active actions to enhancing the quality of African universities graduates for the labour market E. Adipala · Joan Apio · A. Egeru · P. Nampala +3 more African Universities are facing an unprecedented growth in enrolment that has more than doubled in the last decade alone. This growth pattern has affected the teaching, learning, supervision and mentorship processes as on average one profe… RUF-36072 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Establishing a Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI) - an East and Southern Africa Centre of Excellence B. Bashaasha · R. Edema · P. Gibson Low agricultural productivity in Eastern and Southern Africa has led to recurrent, chronic food insecurity, poor nutrition, and widespread poverty that continues to affect a significant proportion of the population. This low productivity i… RUF-36069 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Journal articles Open Access Relevance of University - Based research to local farming problems: The case of Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute J.P. Tebezinda The contribution of university-based agricultural research to solving local farming problems is a major area of debate in developing countries. A case study of Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Kabanyolo, Uganda, was don… RUF-36032 1994 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2016
Journal articles Open Access Contribution of rangelands to household food basket and income in a pastoral area in Uganda A. Egeru · Betty Mbolanyi · David Mfitumukiza Rangelands are important ecosystems as they offer livelihood options and food security to many people in Uganda. There is barely any study that has analyzed the intricate relationship between household food basket, income and rangelands in… RUF-36006 2016 CC BY 4.0 12 Aug 2016
