Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter August, 2010 RUF-35239 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter July, 2010 RUF-35235 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter May, 2010 RUF-35226 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter April, 2010 RUF-35221 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter May, 2009 RUF-35181 2009 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Attracting women into agricultural education: Constraints and best practice Martin. Adrienne · Forsythe. Lora · M. Najjingo Mangheni The study focuses on women’s participation in higher agricultural education in four African countries. Barriers begin at secondary school where girls are less likely to take natural sciences, and negative perceptions of agriculture prevent… RUF-35164 2010 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Evaluating accessibility and usability of dissemination pathways for delivering climate information and services to vulnerable groups in semi-arid Kenya V. Kirui · Bebe. Omedo · Oseni. Saidu Access and use of climate information and services are essential for building adaptation to impacts of climate change. These include early warning systems, weather forecasts, and research outputs relating to climate change adaptation in re… RUF-35163 2010 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015
Newsletters Open Access Monthly Newsletter - February 2009: Featuring the SCARDA project RUF-35142 2009 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Strategic repositioning of African indigenous vegetables in the Horticulture Sector M.O. Abukutsa-Onyango African indigenous vegetables that formed an integral part of African diets lost popularity with introduction of exotic crops including vegetables. With over half the populace living below the poverty line, there is need for paradigm shift… RUF-35134 2010 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Lessons and experiences from RUFORUM/ IFS internship attachment A. Kwesiga Kamugisha · E. Nambi · S. Oluka Three undergraduate students who had just completed their studies have been attached to RUFORUM Secretariat as interns for six months. During this period they worked under six different units to gain work experience. The interns indicate t… RUF-34926 2010 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Capacity for sustaining agricultural innovation platforms in Rwanda: A case study of research into use project L. Dusengemungu · P. Kibwika The research was conducted in Rwanda on four agricultural Innovation Platforms (IPs). These IPs focus on cassava, round potato, maize production and farmers’ associations. Capacity building is vital to sustain these platforms beyond the pr… RUF-34850 2010 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Building Capacity for Food Security in Africa: Underlying issues, challenges and opportunities Sylvia Chindime · A. Kaaya · M. Karuhanga · C. Ntwali +1 more Africa’s development will depend largely on three key factors; political stability, a vibrant agricultural sector and a pool of skilled, innovative and entrepreneural graduates able to spur innovations. This paper outlines the rationale fo… RUF-34554 2010 CC BY 4.0 4 Sep 2015
Policy Briefs Open Access Research briefs for the Fourth Graduate Research Grants Call RUF-34334 2015 CC BY 4.0 19 Aug 2015
Policy Briefs Open Access Research Briefs for the Fifth Graduate Research Grants Call RUF-34333 2015 CC BY 4.0 19 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access A study to assess agricultural E-resource use and its impacts within the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture consortium F. Njogu · D. Onyango Electronic resources (E-resources) enable students, lecturers, librarians and researchers, to conduct multiple searches, print citations and full text and access publications remotely through hyperlinks to related content. These processes … RUF-34330 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Human resource capacity in conservation and use of plant genetic resources in the SADC region: A review M.P. Munyenyembe · L.L. Qhobela This review presents the main achievements made by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) – Plant Genetic Resources Centre (SPGRC) in training and building capacity in conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources s… RUF-34322 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
Working Document Series Open Access A ‘Trojan Horse’ approach to change: The case of GO4IT1 Willem Heemskerk · Washington Ochola · Mariana Wongtschowski Go4IT was based on the realisation that universities in Africa could improve their student training programmes, to bring change to these countries’ rural realities. To do this, the universities needed to improve the quality and content of … RUF-34317 2014 CC BY 4.0 17 Aug 2015
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 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 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 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 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
Newsletters Open Access Press release: EU pleadges support for academic mobility programmes RUF-33692 2015 CC BY 4.0 14 May 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
