Newsletters Open Access Press release: EU pleadges support for academic mobility programmes RUF-33692 2015 CC BY 4.0 14 May 2015
Journal articles Open Access Simple sequence repeats (SSR) diversity of cassava in South, East and Central Africa in relation to resistance to cassava brown streak disease T. Alicai · Y. Baguma · M. Ferguson · P. Gibson +8 more This study was conducted to: (1) determine the amount and structure of the genetic diversity of cassava in southern, eastern and central (SEC) Africa using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, (2) determine the frequency and distribution … RUF-33665 2013 CC BY 4.0 14 Apr 2015
Journal articles Open Access Identification of new sources of resistance to angular leaf spot among Uganda common bean landraces G. Ddamulira · R. Edema · P. Gepts · C. Mukankusi +2 more Breeding for resistance to Angular Leaf spot (ALS), a fungal disease caused by Pseudocercospora griseola (Sacc), is faced with a challenge of the existence of a few resistance sources that are exotic and not well adapted to environmental c… RUF-33652 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Apr 2015
Journal articles Open Access Distribution and Variability of Pseudocercospora griseola in Uganda G. Ddamulira Pseudocercospora griseola the casual pathogen for angular leaf spot (ALS) on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is highly variable with many different races occurring in different agro-ecological zones. Therefore, for an effective breeding p… RUF-33649 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Apr 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 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 The University of Zimbabwe Megan Lindow RUF-33635 2012 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2015
Case Studies Open Access In Mozambique, Building the Capacity to Manage Pests and Conserve Ecosystems Megan Lindow RUF-33634 2012 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2015
Case Studies Open Access Research is capacity Building Megan Lindow RUF-33633 2012 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 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
Case Studies Open Access Getting the Green Revolution Megan Lindow RUF-33625 2012 CC BY 4.0 15 Mar 2015
Case Studies Open Access From Soil Microbes to Markets Megan Lindow RUF-33624 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 Mar 2015
Case Studies Open Access Research in Society Give New Life Megan Lindow RUF-33623 2012 CC BY 4.0 14 Mar 2015
Case Studies Open Access The Impact of Graduate Research Grants: Examples from Bostwana Megan Lindow RUF-33622 2014 CC BY 4.0 14 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
Technical reports Open Access A Special Report on Quality Assurance Mechanisms scoping studies in eastern and southern Africa Sylvia Chindime · J. Cossam · T. Ngwira · R. Obura This is a special report on quality assurance mechanisms (QAMs) scoping studies in eastern and southern Africa that were conducted in 2009. The appointed team focused on Makerere University, Egerton University, University of Malawi and Uni… RUF-33597 2009 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access A Report on a mission to Bunda College of Agriculture and Sokoine University of Agriculture Patrick Okori The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has initiated a number of regional initiatives as part of strategy implementation activities among member Universities in east and southern Africa. Three exampl… RUF-33596 2009 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access Challenges and Opportunities of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe Malcolm Blackie · Paul Woomer The Regional Universities FORUM for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) recognises the important and largely unfulfilled position that universities occupy in contributing to the wellbeing of small-scale farmers throughout the sub-re… RUF-33595 2005 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access Quality Assurance Mechanism & Credit Accumulation & Transfer System Handbook This booklet is an output of the EU-ACP EDULINK supported Project on “Strengthening Capacity of Universities in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa to offer Quality Graduate Programmes – Grant ID: 9ACP RPR 12#33”. This handbook builds o… RUF-33594 2011 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports 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 study looked into the details of how three target regional PhD Programmes under the RUFORUM Network arrangements are run and sought to identify areas for improvement. The target case study programmes were the PhD in Plant Breeding and… RUF-33593 2014 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access Case studies on RUFORUM Regional Masters Degree Programmes Rose Njeru This study documents the findings of three case studies of RUFORUM Regional Masters degree programs namely, Research Methods at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Plant Breeding and Seed Systems at Makerere Uni… RUF-33592 2014 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access Case studies on RUFORUM Regional PhD Programmes Rose Njeru Since 2008, RUFORUM has launched seven regional coursework based PhD programs which are hosted at different member universities. RUFORUM engaged a consultant to conduct case studies of five programs namely, PhD Dryland Resource Management … RUF-33591 2014 CC BY 4.0 19 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access Scoping study of Quality Assurance Mechanisms in selected NATURA Universities: Wellington Ekaya · Agnes Akwang Obua-Ogwal The scoping study on quality assurance mechanisms in selected European universities of the NATURA network was conducted as one of the activities under RUFORUM’s EDULINK project titled “Strengthening the capacity of universities in eastern,… RUF-33589 2009 CC BY 4.0 17 Feb 2015
Technical reports Open Access A study of Agricultural Graduates in Eastern, Central, & Southern Africa: Demand, Quality & Job Performance Issues Malcolm Blackie · Maxwell Mutema · Andrew Ward The overall objective of the study was to evaluate the demand for agricultural graduates at the bachelors, masters, and PhD level within selected ASARECA and RUFORUM countries and to use this information to inform agricultural education po… RUF-33584 2009 CC BY 4.0 16 Feb 2015
