SCARDA and SCAIN Resources Open Access Capacity Assessment in Multi-Stakeholder Agricultural Innovation Platforms: A Review of Literature and Experiences Alistair Sutherland This review is an information resource for development practitioners, development agencies and funders of development activities who have an interest in assessing capacity for agricultural innovation in developing countries, including the … RUF-31382 2011 CC BY 4.0 15 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access Tracer Study of Agricultural Graduates in Ghana Joe Taabazuing This study was conducted to trace agriculture graduates from 1993 to 2008, with the view of generating relevant information that could possibly feed into curricula review to ensure that agricultural training institutions are able to produc… RUF-31381 2011 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2013
Policy Briefs Open Access Tracer Study of Agricultural Graduates in West Africa demand, quality and job performance François Kamajou The main objective of this study is to evaluate the qualitative demand for agricultural graduates at all levels of training in four countries of the CORAF/WECARD region, namely Congo (Brazzaville) The Gambia, Ghana and Mali. The output of … RUF-31379 2011 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access The Effect of the SCARDA Change Management Process on the National Agricultural Research Institute of the Gambia The poor performance of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is known to be largely due to the lack of effective and client- responsive agricultural research and development that could generate appropriate technologies and innovations to stim… RUF-31377 2011 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2013
Newsletters Open Access November 2011 Newsletter The project Strengthening Capacity in Agricultural Research and Development in Africa (SCARDA) aimed to enhance the performance of selected research and educational organizations in ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Particular emphasis … RUF-31367 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
SCARDA and SCAIN Resources Open Access SCARDA Change Management Approaches Used in the Project ‘Strengthening Capacity For Agricultural Research and Development In Africa’ and the Lessons Learned from their Application John Orchard In 2005, the Forum for Agricultural Research for Africa (FARA) commissioned an assessmentof the human and institutional capacity for research management in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in sub-Saharan Africa. The assess… RUF-31366 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research and Development in Africa (SCARDA): Policy Brief This is a brief introduction into the work of SCARDA. RUF-31364 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access Research in Society Give New Life Megan Lindow None RUF-31359 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access Building the Foundations for Research in Rwanda Megan Lindow As the most densely populated country in the world, Rwanda is currently considered to be food-secure, but faces steep food security challenges because of its population density and its reliance on small-scale agriculture: some 85 percent o… RUF-31358 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access Getting the Green Revolution: What are the challenges? Megan Lindow Climate change has impacted on livelihoods, food security and health across wide swathes of Eastern Africa’s arid rangelands, producing a tremendous need for new knowledge, technologies, and scientists who are equipped to help the region w… RUF-31357 2012 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Policy Briefs Open Access Capacity Assessment in Multi-Stakeholder Agricultural Innovation Platforms Alistair Sutherland This document aims to guide a small team tasked to assess the capacity for agricultural innovation in a multi-stakeholder context. The context might be an actual or potential “innovation platform1” such as the three commodity-based platfor… RUF-31356 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Policy Briefs Open Access Employment of Agricultural Graduates: Who Are We Training for Pierre Bantaba · Lassine Diarra · Stella Ennis · Lamin Jobe +2 more Despite the active involvement of the civil society organizations such as agribusiness and farmers’ organizations in the agriculture job market in the last 10 years, the public sector remain the major employer of agricultural graduates. Th… RUF-31354 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Policy Briefs Open Access Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in SCARDA Lora Forsythe · Adrienne Martin This paper presents findings from a review of SCARDA’s gender and diversity (G&D) mainstreaming activities. This is based on an examination of how SCARDA G&D principles were adopted and mainstreamed by sub-Regional Organisations (S… RUF-31347 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access SCARDA Funded Graduates: Case Studies and Commentary Malcolm Blackie As part of follow-on activities to SCARDA, RUFORUM is helping to document experiences from the SCARDA project. This report describes experiences and lessons from some of the SCARDA trained graduates and the impact of the MSc training on th… RUF-31344 2012 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Development of Molecular Markers for Introgression of Resistance to Turcicum Leaf Blight in Sorghum Mayada Mamoun Beshir Sorghum {Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench (2n=2x=20)}, a C4 grass that diverged from maize about 15 million years ago, is the fifth major cereal crop in the world after wheat, rice, maize and barley. It has relatively small genome of 750 milli… RUF-31342 2011 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2013
SCARDA and SCAIN Resources Open Access Climate Change and Agricultural Development Tim Chancellor · John Morton · Ramadjita Tabo · Ralph von Kaufmann This paper discusses the influence of climate change on smallholder agriculture, with a special focus on West and Central Africa (WCA). The likely impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers are assessed and farmers’ strategies for ad… RUF-31341 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
SCARDA and SCAIN Resources Open Access Agricultural Information Management Martin, A.C. Conroy · Richard, I. Lamboll · Nick Nathaniels · Anthony Youdeowei This briefing paper aims to raise debate about agricultural information management (AIM) in the CORAF region. It draws attention to initiatives concerned with AIM and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from global to local levels. Using these exampl… RUF-31337 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
SCARDA and SCAIN Resources Open Access Case Study on Institutional Change of the National Agricultural Research System in Lesotho Joyce Macala · Nick Mokhothu · Barry Pound This paper examines the design and implementation of a package of capacity strengthening interventions undertaken between March 2007 and March 2011, which aimed to enhance the performance of the national agricultural research system (NARS)… RUF-31332 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
Policy Briefs Open Access An Analysis of the Capacity Strengthening Process and Short Term Outcomes in the SCARDA Project: The case of Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) Sudan Tim Chancellor · Joseph Methu · Leonard Oruko This paper is a case study of capacity strengthening activities carried out at the Agricultural Research Corporation in Sudan between July 2008 and March 2011. These activities were undertaken through the project ‘Strengthening Capacity fo… RUF-31328 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access Harnessing a University’s Strengths to Build Research for the Region Megan Lindow None RUF-31322 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access An Innovation Platform for Small Livestock in Botswana Megan Lindow None RUF-31321 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
Case Studies Open Access In a Country Beset by a Critical Skills Shortage: A Lifeline for Research Megan Lindow None RUF-31320 2011 CC BY 4.0 12 Sep 2013
Legacy Repository Open Access Strengthening Faculties of Agriculture in Africa through Collaborative Post-Graduate Degree Training by U.S. and African Universities: The HEPAD Experience Ekwamu Adipala · Eric Crawford · Mark J. Erbaugh From the 1960s through the 1980s, U.S. universities, foundations, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided major support for higher education institution building and post-graduate degree training. Commitment to t… RUF-31316 2009 CC BY 4.0 13 Jul 2013
Working Document Series Open Access Capacity-Building for Common Bean Improvement in sub-Saharan Africa Mukankusi Clare Mugisha None RUF-31311 2012 CC BY 4.0 12 Jul 2013
Case Studies Open Access In Mozambique, Building the Capacity to Manage Pests and Conserve Ecosystems Megan Lindow None RUF-31307 2012 CC BY 4.0 12 Jul 2013
