Working Document Series Open Access Recreating a University for development relevance: the case of University of Juba J.A. Akec The University of Juba is a premier South Sudan’s university. It was established by a legal act in 1975, and admitted its first batch of students in 1977. By 1989, it had five colleges and several hundred students when it was forced by the… RUF-36787 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Innovation systems perspectives: Institutional change to strengthen agricultural tertiary education in Sub-saharan Africa E. Adipala · Nodumo Dhlamini · Wellington Ekaya · Washington O. Ochola The changing face of African agriculture in the wake of myriad global, regional and local challenges requires adjustments in agricultural capacity development. Universities are better placed to spearhead this change but they too need to ad… RUF-35269 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access An overview to climate change in North Africa: Implication for Africa M. Hussein Sulieman · M. Muna Elhag North Africa is one of the worlds most water-scarce and dry region with a high dependency on climate-sensitive agriculture and a large share of its population and economic activity in flood-prone urban coastal zones. Therefore, climate cha… RUF-34788 2010 CC BY 4.0 11 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Effects of aqueous extracts of Basil, Sodom’s apple and Coriander on leafminer damage to Okra M. Elamin Elamin · E.E. Faiza Salah · H.Z. Mohammed Elabdeen · E.H. Rehab Fadwal An experiment was conducted at the University of Gezira Experimental farm to evaluate the effects of 10% aqueous leaf and fruit extracts of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), leaf extracts of Sodom’s apple (Calotropis procera Ait) and fruit extr… RUF-32982 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Measuring the Impact of Higher Education Interventions in Development Y. Pinto Capacity strengthening is important in enabling Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to compete with growing global technological and economic developments. In the agriculture sector, Africa has to be in a position to achieve food and nutritional secu… RUF-32921 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Building Local Capacities for Innovative Research through RUFORUM: Experiences from South Sudan M.L. Mogga South Sudan is endowed with abundant natural resources that can sustain diverse agricultural activities. Decades of civil strife greatly hindered agricultural development until peace returned with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agr… RUF-32917 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Water Stress Effect on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Two Wheat Varieties S.H. Ahmed · A.A. Ali Wheat is one of the first food crops to be domesticated and is a basic stable food in Europe, Asia and Africa. Wheat production is limited by insufficient water especially in the hot dry environments. In the arid and semi-arid regions, whe… RUF-32879 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Effect of Different Drip Irrigation Regimes on Growth, yield and Yield Components of Banana cv. Grand Nain Under Gizera Condition, Sudan B.A. Ahmed Al-Khalifa · M.I. Ihsan · A.A. Mohammed This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different water regimes applied by drip irrigation on growth and yield of banana cv. Grand Nain in Gizera State. Five different irrigation regimes were applied. These were 40%, 60%, 80%… RUF-32876 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Effects of Botanical Insecticides on the Egg Parasitoid Trichogramma Cacoeciae Marchal (Hym. Trichogrammatidae) H. Abdelgader This study was carried out to test the effect of the botanicals azadrichtine and Quassin on the parasitoid Trichogramma cacoeciae. For each of these, 2 formulatons were used i.e., Neemazal T/s Blank and Celaflor for azadrichtine and Alcohl… RUF-32871 2012 CC BY 4.0 20 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Assessment of Climate change Impact on Sorghum Productivity in Sudan M. Muna Elhag Water rather than land is the limiting factor for crop production in Sudan. More than 80 percent of sorghum, which is the major stable food crop in the country, is grown in the rainfed subsector. This paper reports on a study of the impact… RUF-32866 2012 CC BY 4.0 19 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and Water and Nutrient Supply Differently Impact Seedling Performance of Acquisitive and Conservative Dry Woodland Species Frans Bongers · Birhane Emiru · Gebrehiwot Kindeya · T.W. Kuyper +1 more Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are known to increase seedling survival and performance through enhancement of nutrient and water uptake. Acacia etbaica, Acacia senegal and Boswellia papyrifera dominate large areas in African drylands. W… RUF-32661 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Comparison of the Egg Characteristics of Different Sudanese Indigenous Chicken Types Mohammed Kheir Abdelrahman · Dafaalla Mohammed Mekki · Hassan Hussein Musa · Jin-yu Wang +1 more Three local types of Sudanese indigenous fowls, large Baladi (LB), Bare-neck (BN) and Betwil (BT) were characterised for maturity live weight and egg characteristics. The BN average live weight (1547.2±274.5 gm) was heavier than either LB … RUF-32627 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Improving Tenderness of Off-layer Chicken Meat Using Dried Papaya (Carica papaya) Leaves Dietary Supplementation H.O. Abdalla · N.N.A. Ali · S.A.M. Ali · F.S. Siddig This experiment was carried out at Gezira University Poultry Farm to evaluate the effect of adding papaya dry leaves to offlayer chicken diet before slaughter. Forty eight hens were used, half of them fed a concentrate ration containing 10… RUF-32612 2012 CC BY 4.0 17 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access The Impact of Overvalued Exchange Rate Policy on Agricultural Trade in Sudan B.M. Elgali · R.H. Mustafa Since political situation has indicated that South Sudan would separate from the Sudan and the expectations of the country to lose its major source of foreign exchange from oil exports, the exchange rate of the Sudanese pound has deteriora… RUF-32310 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Potential Role of Cereal-Legume Intercropping Systems in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Small holder Farming Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa J.M.M. Matusso · M.W. Mucheru-Muna · J.N. Mugwe The sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing exponentially and it has to fulfill its food and nutrition requirement. An attractive strategy for increasing productivity and labour utilization per unit area of available land is to intensif… RUF-32039 2012 CC BY 4.0 13 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access Water Productivity and Evapotranspiration of Teff (Eragrostis tef) Berihun Atakilt Teff is a staple food crop in northern Ethiopia. The main limitation in stabilizing teff yield in northern Ethiopia is the dependency of the farming system on erratic rainfall. Usually, drought stress occurs in the region at the critical p… RUF-31896 2012 CC BY 4.0 12 May 2014
