Working Document Series Open Access Tertiary education: A prerequisite to meet global challenges M.J. Kropff · H.J.M. Löffler · C.A.D.M. Van de Vijver Innovation is considered to be crucial for addressing societal and economic challenges and opportunities in the agro-food domain. This calls for high-level educated employees, for which tertiary education is crucial. Since system innovatio… RUF-34279 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Improving graduate competencies through field attachments: Experiences from the School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University P. Ebanyat · P. Isubikalu · B. B. Obaa · H. N. Opolot The demand for skilled university graduates to address practical development challenges is higher today than ever before. Field attachment is one of the main approaches for integrating competence building into academic programmes in many u… RUF-34276 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Transforming tertiary agricultural education and training through private sector linkages D.S. Kraybill · I. Minde Typically, capacity strengthening in African tertiary education systems has focused on human and institutional capacity building. Rarely does capacity strengthening embrace the private sector in a major way. Our preposition is that the pri… RUF-34261 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Development of a virtual space for online supervision and mentoring as a novel architecture for learning and improving the quality of graduates’ studies in Africa M. Bji Vaate · D.K. Kiambi · J. Ndung’u-Skilton The quality of tertiary agricultural education is critical because it determines the expertise and competence of scientists, professionals and business leaders in all aspects of agriculture and related industries. Unfortunately, the qualit… RUF-34255 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Assessing the prospects for tertiary agricultural education in Africa H. Boly · L.M. Da Silva · C. Glym · Frey. H +2 more In order to reduce hunger and poverty across the African continent and build international competitiveness of the African agricultural sector, it will be necessary to trigger and maintain substantial rates of annual agricultural productivi… RUF-34247 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Building Research Capacity: The case of Burundi M. Inamahoro This manuscript narrates the contribution of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to strengthening research capacity of the National Agriculture Research Institute (ISABU). Burundi is among the thr… RUF-34238 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Teaching report writing in crop science to undergraduate agriculture students in a Nigerian University R.O. Akinwale · M.A.B. Fakorede · A. Oluwaranti In response to the urgent need for acquisition of technical writing skill by students, the Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria introduced a onesemester course on Report Writing in Crop Science (coded CPP 40… RUF-34228 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Deploying interactive on-line networking platform for improving quality and relevance of African University graduates to labour markets B.O. Bebe · J. Kihoro · N. Kimbugwe · D. Nodumo +1 more African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) face criticisms of producing low performing graduates unable to drive the agricultural innovation processes to revitalise agriculture, boost economic recovery, and accelerate achievement of the … RUF-34225 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access University student-centered outreach for rural innovations and community transformation in northern Uganda S. W. Kalule · B. Mugonola · W. Odongo · D. Ongeng In Uganda, while Universities are considered centers of knowledge creation and dissemination, their explicit role in economic development is largely less developed. Gulu University, at its inception sought to respond to this concern and po… RUF-34193 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Plantwise knowledge bank: Expanding local and global resource pathways for plant health education and research in Africa J. Dennis · S. Hobbs · J. Mulema · W. Ochilo Plant health stakeholders in Africa face many challenges to manage crop pests. Apart from lack of access to vital knowledge and resources, new threats from globalization, climate change and population growth have led to a rapid pace of cha… RUF-34179 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Using Wikis to enhance interactivity in teaching and learning: An engagement with Gilly Salmon’s Model D. Sebbowa The teaching and learning process is becoming a big challenge at Higher Education Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is mainly due to the challenges created by the liberalization of University Education and the implied surge in stude… RUF-34170 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Embedding entrepreneurship in agribusiness teaching in African Universities to enhance competitiveness of the agribusiness sector N. P. Carsten · K. Manjur · P.M. Mshenga · B. Mugonola +1 more In recent times, there has been changes taking place in agriculture requiring smallholder farmers to shift their focus from subsistence farming to commercialisation. This can be enhanced by connecting agricultural education and research to… RUF-33843 2014 CC BY 4.0 10 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Using internships to stimulate agricultural entrepreneurship and innovation by graduates of tertiary agriculture education D. Charette · A.A. Temu The USAID-funded Africa Lead Programme –in partnership with Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) continues to develop a Junior Agribusiness Leadership Programme that places SUA graduates in leading Tanzanian and Kenyan agribu… RUF-33801 2014 CC BY 4.0 10 Aug 2015
Newsletters Open Access RUFORUM Weekly Jacqueline Nnam RUFORUM Weekly is a weekly digest of news, events, publications and opportunities relevant to higher education in Africa. It is compiled and published by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, and shared with… RUF-33778 CC BY 4.0 23 Jul 2015
Tenders, Procurement, and Expressions of Interest Open Access Country level study on the status of the higher agricultural education sector in Uganda The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) invites suitably qualified individuals to undertake an assessment of higher education systems, with specific emphasis on the agricultural sector with view of id… RUF-33738 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2015
Tenders, Procurement, and Expressions of Interest Open Access Country level study on the status of the higher agricultural education sector in Malawi The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) invites suitably qualified individuals to undertake an assessment of higher education systems, with specific emphasis on the agricultural sector with view of id… RUF-33737 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2015
Tenders, Procurement, and Expressions of Interest Open Access Country level study on the status of the higher agricultural education sector in Kenya The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) invites suitably qualified individuals to undertake an assessment of higher education systems, with specific emphasis on the agricultural sector with view of id… RUF-33736 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2015
Tenders, Procurement, and Expressions of Interest Open Access Country level study on the status of the higher agricultural education sector in Ethiopia The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) invites suitably qualified individuals to undertake an assessment of higher education systems, with specific emphasis on the agricultural sector with view of id… RUF-33735 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2015
Tenders, Procurement, and Expressions of Interest Open Access Country level study on the status of the higher agricultural education sector in Benin The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) invites suitably qualified individuals to undertake an assessment of higher education systems, with specific emphasis on the agricultural sector with view of id… RUF-33734 2015 CC BY 4.0 24 Jun 2015
Books and Book Chapters Open Access Building Capacity in the Agricultural Industries of Africa Malcolm Blackie The successful transformation of agriculture has been at the core of impressive change in China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Fundamental to this achievement has been building capacity in all aspects of agricultural cha… RUF-33643 2015 CC BY 4.0 14 Apr 2015
Project reports Open Access RUFORUM 2013-2014 Annual Report RUFORUM activities during the year were in line with its Business Plan 2011-2016, which presents the roadmap for its desired course of service delivery. The Business Plan commits RUFORUM to consolidate its operations around three program a… RUF-33642 2014 CC BY 4.0 9 Apr 2015
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access Update from the Training and Quality Assurance Unit 2014/2015 RUFORUM Secretariat through the Training Unit continued to invest in building a critical mass of Africa's next generation of agricultural scientists who are high performing and are able to engage in relevant research and support agricultur… RUF-33637 2015 CC BY 4.0 2 Apr 2015
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access Graduate Teaching Assistantship Program Over the years, universities in Africa have sought opportunities to send their staff for post-graduate training abroad in a bid to strengthen research and training, at very high costs. The loss of faculty for 4 to 5 years has negatively … RUF-33636 2014 CC BY 4.0 2 Apr 2015
Case Studies Open Access Lessons learnt from being a RUFORUM student Barbara Mugwanya-Zawedde RUF-33627 2012 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2015
Technical reports Open Access Project document for regional MSc and PhD programmes in plant breeding and biotechnology The RUFORUM Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Seed Systems Strategy (RUPBBS) is an implementation framework for building regional capacity in Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Seed Systems. RUPBBS has been developed by RUFORUM in conjuncti… RUF-33598 2008 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
