TAGDev Resources Open Access Reforming African Universities for development relevance: what will it take? A. Egeru · Sylvanus Mensah The outcry for reform in African universities over the last two decades has been epic; and the extent of reforms that have been executed on the continent is varied leaving islands of success in teaching, research and innovation. What has b… RUF-37302 2018 CC BY 4.0 18 Jan 2018
Project reports Open Access RUFORUM Vision 2030: The African Universities’ Agenda for Agricultural Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI) - Abridged RUFORUM Vision 2030: The African Universities’ Agenda for Agricultural Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI)’ – emerges from a broadly informed, systematically consultation process. It represents the expertise, insi… RUF-37296 2017 CC BY 4.0 14 Dec 2017
Project reports Open Access RUFORUM Quarterly Report July-September 2017 This report describes key activities of the Secretariat of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) during the period 1 July-30 September 20171. Following the mid-term review of RUFORUM’s Strategic Bus… RUF-37253 2017 CC BY 4.0 6 Oct 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Positioning rural women agri-entrepreneurs to address short-term hunger and undernutrition in rural primary schools in Uganda C. Mayanja · B. Mugonola · D. Ongeng Short-term hunger and under nutrition is a key development challenge that has continued to undermine efforts to improve enrolment, retention and acquisition of basic academic skills by children in primary schools in developing countries, w… RUF-37153 2016 CC BY 4.0 20 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Catalyzing change in African Universities : Developing transformational leadership and management capacity in African Universities Ekwamu Adipala · E. Okalany Higher Education is key to shifting African economies from resource to knowledge based economies. African universities’ leadership and management need to reposition their universities to play this role. Despite various trainings on leaders… RUF-36825 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Refocusing student–farmer attachment of Gulu University for improving marketing efficiency of smallholder farmers in Uganda S. W. Kalule · D.M. Okello · D. Ongeng Many curricula of university academic programs in sub-Saharan African do not provide for adequate field-based practical training. In part this is blamed on the limited public funding of programs and activities in Higher Education Instituti… RUF-36820 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Tapping youth innovativeness through education, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion for accelerated development in Africa Ekwamu Adipala · A. Egeru · Moses Osiru Discourse on the development context in Africa has gradually shifted to focus on youth as central to escalating prosperity and delivering sustainable socio-economic transformation and development on the continent. Investing in youth in Afr… RUF-36815 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Innovative research and teaching methods towards creation of entrepreneurs M. Molteni · D. N. Sila · M. Tsunoda Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), one of the public universities in Kenya, is largely involved in training at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Basic Sciences, Engineering, Health, Human Resource, and Ag… RUF-36814 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Harnessing higher education institutions’ capabilities in controlling trans-boundary animal diseases at the livestock-wildlife interface: the case for African swine fever in Uganda A .R .O. Ademun · P. Atimnedi · C. Masembe · V.B. Muwanika +1 more Uganda is the third largest pig producing country in Africa. However the pig industry in Uganda is currently threatened by African swine fever virus (ASFV) disease, which is a fatal, contagious viral haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs, … RUF-36809 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Harnessing regional and national capacities to strengthen agricultural research and training in Africa: a Case Study of DAAD support to RUFORUM Ekwamu Adipala · Sylvia Chindime · Moses Osiru · S. Uwituze Limited capacities in managing research, training and outreach programmes are among the notable challenges preventing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and research institutions in Africa from effectively contributing towards the contin… RUF-36804 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Science for development and EU-Africa advanced training partnerships: the case of TropiKMan PhD programme J.B. de Macedo · A.M.P. Melo Science for development is the goal of many EU-Africa advanced training partnerships but few promote North-South-South relations and attempt to bridge science and management as explicitly as the new PhD programme described here. The Tropik… RUF-36792 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access A strategic approach for African Agricultural Universities experiencing low human capacity to engage in graduate-level training: Lessons from Gulu University in Uganda D. Ongeng The significance of agriculture in driving Africa’s growth and development has greatly gained recognition in the recent past. African universities are expected to play a critical role in African agricultural development process because of … RUF-36789 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
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 Higher education policy management and governance in Malawi R. Kalizang’oma Policy, management and governance of higher education and higher education Institutions is an integral part in planning, implementation and provision of education services in the sub-sector in Africa. Historically, the roles and functions … RUF-36785 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Financing a massified African higher education: Emerging approaches and issues E. Adipala · E. Okalany Increased recognition of higher education’s role in Africa’s economic transformation has led to massification of higher education in Africa. The immediate consequences of massification have been half-baked graduates due to reduction in pra… RUF-36783 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access African Higher Education in the 21st Century: Blending Optimism with Reality E. Adipala · Moses Osiru University education and its evolution in Africa has been closely linked with economic growth. The policy changes in the late 80’s driven by World Bank / International Monetary fund (IMF) policy and scarce resources resulted in a singular … RUF-36782 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Working Document Series Open Access Liberalization of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa S. Lwakabamba · V. G. Masanja This paper discusses the liberalisation of higher education as under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) signed by member countries of the World Trade Organisation. The impact of commercialisation of higher education sector o… RUF-36781 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Sep 2017
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access University of Juba facts and figures 2016-2017 University of Juba's statistical brochure for the period 2016-2017. RUF-36734 CC BY 4.0 4 Aug 2017
Project reports Open Access Declaration of Deans and Principals of RUFORUM member universities on revitalizing higher education in agriculture for Africa’s future Principals and Deans of the 46 RUFORUM member universities in 22 African Countries, having held consultative meetings on Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa in Entebbe (March 2014) and Johannesburg (November 2014) met in … RUF-36731 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Jul 2017
Project reports Open Access Proceedings of RUFORUM Deans and Principals Meeting 2015 RUFORUM held a Principals/Deans Committee Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan from 8-10 June 2015. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity to consult with Deans/Principals of African schools of agriculture and agricultural related … RUF-36730 2015 CC BY 4.0 30 Jul 2017
Newsletters Open Access Africa Higher Education Insights: Issue 1, April-June 2017 A RUFORUM quarterly newsletter to share reflections on emerging issues in higher education and agriculture in Africa. RUF-36721 2017 CC BY 4.0 7 Jul 2017
Project reports Open Access Ministerial Communiqué on Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa, 20 - 21st October, 2016, Cape Town, South Africa In October 2016, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) with support of national, regional, continental and international partners hosted a Ministerial Round Table at the Fifth African Higher Educati… RUF-36692 2016 CC BY 4.0 29 May 2017
TAGDev Resources Open Access TAGDev flyer A summary of the TAGDev (Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s growth and development) Programme which aims to transform African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respon… RUF-36688 2017 CC BY 4.0 25 May 2017
Project reports Open Access RUFORUM implementation of STISA 2024: Summary reports The Africa Union’s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024) is the first of the ten-year incremental phasing strategies to respond to the demand for science, technology and innovation to impact across criti… RUF-36687 CC BY 4.0 25 May 2017
Project reports Open Access RUFORUM at a glance A summary booklet on the RUFORUM Network. RUF-36686 2017 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2017
