Project reports Open Access RUFORUM Secretariat summary report for the period April-June 2016 This report presents a summary of activities conducted by the RUFORUM Secretariat in the Fourth Quarter (April-June 2016) of Financial/Activity Year 2015/16. The report is arranged based on the Secretariat's core programme areas. RUF-36026 2016 CC BY 4.0 5 Sep 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Students’ perceptions of the first-year experience in higher education: The case of women’s university in Africa Raymond Erick Zvavanyange This study sought to explore students’ perceptions of the first-year experience in higher education with a special focus on Women’s University in Africa (WUA). The study was centered on three (3) objectives which were to: explore the barri… RUF-35993 2016 CC BY 4.0 25 Jul 2016
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access Risk of Uranium Contamination in Selected Agricultural Soils of Bahi District in Central Tanzania and its Transfer in Food Chains B.E. Chove · A. Kaaya · E. Marwa RUF-35991 2014 CC BY 4.0 25 Jul 2016
Technical reports Open Access Experiential learning, action research and outreach: A comparative and gap analysis R. Hawkins This consultancy was carried out as part of the project “Shifting from Outreach to Engagement: Transforming Universities’ response to current development trends in agricultural research and training in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa”… RUF-35975 2010 CC BY 4.0 21 Jul 2016
Project reports Open Access Strengthening Opportunities for Online Delivery of Post graduate Programmes in African Universities There is increasing need for university teaching staff to develop skills and approaches towards teaching and student learning in institutions of higher education. Specifically the need is towards providing them with the pedagogical tools t… RUF-35931 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Apr 2016
Project reports Open Access Strategic Planning and Programme Implementation Meeting between RUFORUM and Ghent University The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a Network of 55 universities in 22 African countries. RUFORUM supports capacity building efforts across Africa through a partnership led approach involving a… RUF-35930 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Apr 2016
Case Studies Open Access Strengthening the design and management of PhD programmes in African universities: a case study of three RUFORUM Regional PhD Programmes Patrick Okori This document presents highlights of a study commissioned by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) as part of its effort to improve the level and quality of Doctoral training in Africa. It involved … RUF-35929 2016 CC BY 4.0 12 Apr 2016
Technical reports Open Access Backstopping visit by EARTH University: Sharing experiences in community development, entrepreneurship and experiential learning Mario Piedra In 2014, EARTH University received a grant through the RUFORUM Nurturing Grants scheme to strengthen universities' community engagement and rural entrepreneurship as well as increase the level of experiential learning in the focus universi… RUF-35896 2016 CC BY 4.0 22 Feb 2016
Working Document Series Open Access How Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) impact on trends and future educational innovations: the implications for higher education in Africa and the RUFORUM Network J. E. Apio · Nodumo Dhlamini · Lisbeth Levey Developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) continue to impact on how universities approach teaching, learning, collaboration, and research. ICT can help universities do their business more effectively and efficiently … RUF-35843 2014 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Strategy for accessing agricultural indigenous knowledge and database development: AgShareII Project Constant Okello-Obura RUF-35839 2014 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The AgShare methodology: a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned MSc process RUF-35834 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Journal articles Open Access The potential of a multimedia open educational resource module in enhancing effective teaching and learning in a postgraduate agricultural program: experience from AgShare Project model Jemal Yousuf Hassen Graduate programs in agriculture in developing countries such as in Ethiopia are often designed in cognizance of the need for skilled manpower for agricultural development. In Ethiopia, the contribution of graduates of agricultural graduat… RUF-35829 2013 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
OER and Open Access Open Access Agshare open knowledge: improving rural communities through university student action research Christine Geith · Karen Vignare RUF-35818 2013 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access On-line networking platform for improving quality and relevance of African university graduates to labour markets This project is implemented by Egerton University and 4 partners with the aim of strengthening the capacities of three universities in Kenya and Uganda towards reforming graduate curricula, graduate training and education with greater part… RUF-35704 2015 CC BY 4.0 6 Nov 2015
Multimedia Open Access Strengthening universities Community engagement for transformed Agriculture The video shows the Nepad Regional Fish Node at Bunda College in Malawi that launched a program aimed at empowering rural farmers in the country to embrace inland fish farming as a viable business. More so, the Community Action Research Pr… RUF-35694 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access RUFORUM Training science leaders for Africa- Featuring Msekiwa Matsimbe The video features Msekiwa Matsimbe, a Malawian from Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Bunda campus & also a RUFORUM grantee. she explains her love for agricultural science and a great need in the country in c… RUF-35686 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access RUFORUM student presentations during the 4th Biennial conference 2014 RUFORUM students showcasing their research at the 4th biennial conference 2014 which was held in Maputo, Mozambique. RUF-35685 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Status and trends in higher education in Africa Moses Osiru RUF-35683 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access What RUFORUM means to me Different people and stakeholders of RUFORUM giving their success stories because of RUFORUM. This means RUFORUM has played a vital role in changing people's lives. RUF-35682 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access RUFORUM:Training science leaders for Africa - Featuring Dr. Abigael Otinga The video features Dr. Abigael Otinga, a soil scientist from University of Eldoret telling her academic story right from primary school. she narrates the desire and dreams she once had in achieving a higher education and with making her d… RUF-35680 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access Why capacity building in higher agricultural education? Due to technological advancement there is need to boost capacity building in higher agricultural education to have the knowledge base which will lead to agricultural transformation and innovation. Therefore capacity building will work as a… RUF-35679 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Multimedia Open Access RUFORUM on investment in higher agricultural education for Africa The video is about RUFORUM capacity building in promoting higher agricultural education in Africa. RUF-35677 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Working Document Series Open Access An epistemological paradigm shift from adaptive to systemic approach to agricultural curricula review and development in Higher Education Institutes R. Buruchara · G. Foerch · R. Hawkins · M. Karuhanga +3 more The limited impacts on poverty, hunger and land degradation from past efforts in agricultural training, research and outreach have been partly blamed on the education philosophy in higher education that is teacher centered and based on rig… RUF-35281 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access The African Renaissance: Engaging communities to strengthen agricultural tertiary Education P. Ebanyat · E. Kaunda · C. Ntwali · W. Okalebo +1 more Poverty remains a central character to the Sub-Saharan African landscape. Despite the allocation of close to US$50 per person on the African continent from various donors in 2008, much remains unchanged. The United States alone quadrupled … RUF-35276 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access University outreach support to farmer associations in western Kenya A.K. Kipkoech · P.O. Mongare · J. Ochuodho · J.R. Okalebo +1 more Moi University’s School of Agriculture obtained a research grant from Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to carry out a research leading to the strengthening of the linkages between Moi University an… RUF-35272 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
