Project reports Open Access RUFORUM Quarterly Report July-September 2016 This report presents a summary of progress and achievements for the first quarter (JulySeptember 2016) of the 2016/17 financial period. The report adopts a new structure aligned to the RUFORUM Capacity Building Framework as outlined in the… RUF-36486 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Nov 2016
Journal articles Open Access Innovating for skills enhancement: the centrality of field attachment programs in agricultural sciences in Africa A. Egeru · H. Makuma-Massa · P. Nampala · Moses Osiru In 2010, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) launched the Field Attachment Programmes Award (FAPA) – an innovative strategy aimed at encouraging graduate students at postgraduate level to follow t… RUF-36030 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Sep 2016
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
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
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
Journal articles Open Access Climate change and agriculture nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: the agonizing reality for smallholder farmers Ekwamu Adipala · A. Egeru · George Kanyama Phiiri Climate change is one of the potent challenges facing smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in the recent past owing to the pattern and magnitude with which it presents the extreme events such as floods and drought. This review finds a… RUF-35907 2016 CC BY 4.0 26 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 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
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
Working Document Series Open Access Sixth RUFORUM Principal Investigators Orientation Meeting The Sixth RUFORUM Principal Investigators Orientation Meeting brought together 33 principal investigators from the Graduate Research Grants (GRG) scheme and Community Action Research Programme (CARP) from ten countries. The meeting sought … RUF-35799 2016 CC BY 4.0 25 Jan 2016
Policy Briefs Open Access Research briefs for the First Graduate Research Grants Call RUF-35797 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Jan 2016
Policy Briefs Open Access Research briefs for the Second Graduate Research Grants Call RUF-35796 2016 CC BY 4.0 12 Jan 2016
Working Document Series Open Access An overview of STI in Africa Tichaona Mangwende RUF-35690 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 Building the Africa we want The major focus here is the African Agricultural development, innovation, research which have positive impact on the lives of African population. Where Africa is built into a hunger free continent and through the RUFORUM network much has b… RUF-35678 2014 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
Journal articles Open Access New sources of resistance to spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus in sorghum J. Kibuka · S. Kyamanywa · M. Mgonja · P.W. Muturi +1 more The lepidopteran Chilo partellus Crambid, an introduced pest in East and southern Africa from Asia, is the most economically important stem borer species infesting cereals in Africa. Chilo partellus causes more than 40% yield loss in sorgh… RUF-35624 2012 CC BY 4.0 7 Oct 2015
Journal articles Open Access Novel source of sorghum tolerance to the African stem borer, Busseola fusca C. T. Hash · S. Kyamanywa · M. Mgonja · P.W. Muturi +2 more Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important cereal food crop in semi-arid tropics, but its productivity is curtailed mainly by insect pests and diseases. The African stem borer, Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidopteran: Noctuidae), is among the m… RUF-35621 2012 CC BY 4.0 7 Oct 2015
Journal articles Open Access Diet and feeding habits of the small catfish, Clarias liocephalus in wetlands of Western Uganda L. Chapman · Jeremiah Kang’ombe · J. Yatuha Clarias liocephalus is an air-breathing catfish inhabiting wetland and river systems in East Africa. This catfish is in highdemandforsaleaslivebaitintheNileperchfisheryof Lake Victoria and equally important in the diet of local communitiesint… RUF-35593 2012 CC BY 4.0 7 Oct 2015
Working Document Series Open Access First Food & Business Applied Research ARF and CRF projects workshop The Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) and NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development in partnership with the Platform for African European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD), the Regional Universi… RUF-35542 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Sep 2015
