Working Document Series Open Access Pharm-BioTechnology and Traditional Medicine Centre: An Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project at Mbarara University of Science and Technology P.E. Ogwang · C.U. Tolo · Anke Weisheit A regional approach to higher education in Africa offers the best way to build and sustain excellence in higher education in African economies, and to develop the human resources required to address key development challenges facing Africa… RUF-36154 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Centre for Research, Agricultural Advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability in Food and Nutritional Security (CREATES-FNS) at Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) M. Kimanya · E. Sauli · G. Shirima · E.S. Swai +1 more With nearly 850 million hungry people globally in 2012, there are social, ethical and political imperatives to put more emphasis on food and nutritional security, particularly in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The region is charac… RUF-36151 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access A paradigm shift from monitoring and evaluation to interdisciplinary evaluative systems thinking: The status of evaluative processes and use in African Universities E. Adipala · Moses Osiru · Charles Owuor · M. Waswa This paper is an initial attempt to assess the status and use of evaluative processes in African universities to inform their strategic decisions in face of growing demands for universities to transform and be more relevant in development … RUF-36142 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access African Universities by numbers: Monitoring and evaluation dilemma E. Adipala · Moses Osiru · Charles Owuor · M. Waswa This articles draws from experiences of engaging African Universities to assemble basic data on their training and research performance which ordinarily would be readily available as a good practice for internal and external accountability… RUF-36141 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Responding to key gaps in Africa’s Higher Agricultural Education: Lessons from the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture E. Adipala · Moses Osiru In 2014, African Heads of State and Government signed the Malabo Declaration, signaling a change in gear in the implementation of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) and related processes in Africa. The road … RUF-36139 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Enhancing internationalization and quality of African universities through academic mobility: Experiences from RUFORUM E. Okalany Academic mobility is a globally accepted mechanism for internationalizing higher education and producing a globally competitive workforce. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has facilitated acade… RUF-36138 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Contribution of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology to capacity building of agricultural researchers V. Ogemah The role played by smallholder farmers in Africa cannot be overemphasized. Smallholder agricultural production systems contribute significantly to the economic development as well as livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. The small scale produ… RUF-36137 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Establishing an African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD): A Centre of Excellence for Eastern and Southern Africa M. Asinyaka · B. Krogh · E. Ntagwirumugara · O. Ugirimbabazi Modern energy access acts as a catalyst for development. It connects economic growth with social equity and environmental sustainability which are important Millennium Development Goals. However, the vast majority of sub-Saharan Africans l… RUF-36135 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access African Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation at Haramaya University (ClimateSABC) Bedadi. Bobe · Kibret. Kibebew · Wogi. Lemma · Eshetu. Mitiku +5 more Climate change is a global issue posing challenges to sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and development. The impacts of climate change are pronounced in Eastern and Southern African countries more than any other regions of the continen… RUF-36130 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Public-Private partnerships for skills development at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania M. DeFreese · M. Mullei Changing youth labour market conditions in Tanzania necessitate the acquisition of demanddriven skills for the successful school-to-work transition of Tanzanian graduates particularly in rural and semi-rural areas. In tertiary education at… RUF-36128 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Building effective convening power for higher education in Africa E. Adipala · Joan Apio · Sylvia Mkandawire · P. Nampala +1 more The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and its precursor the Forum for Agricultural Resource Husbandry (FORUM) have in the last two decades focused on mobilizing universities to secure quality gradua… RUF-36127 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The African Centre of Agro-Ecology and Livelihood Systems (ACALISE): A World Bank Project at Uganda Martyrs University J. Muwanga-Zake · J. Mwine · J. Ssebuwufu · J. Ssemakula The usual approach to development has been led by research along fragmented fields of study, each of which independently yields dissertations that often recommend unimplementable projects. The large number of theses and dissertations linin… RUF-36126 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access RUFORUM trains the next generation of scientists for Sudan: The case of the Agricultural Research Corporation, University of Gezira and University of Kordofan Mayada Mamoun Beshir · Beshir Mayada M. · M. Muna Elhag The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a regional network of 60 member universities operating in 25 countries that fosters collaboration, coordination, training and research amongst member univers… RUF-36119 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Analysis of entrepreneurship development at Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources: A case study of the Agripreneur Program J Lepetu · R. Mabe Entrepreneurship development (ED) is a common phrase in the current business world, and similarly so in Botswana. The goal of the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) incubation agripreneur programme in collabora… RUF-36113 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Center of Excellence in Phytochemicals, Textiles and Renewable Energy (PTRE): Achieving Teaching and Research Excellence through Internationalization of Academia A.K. Kiprop · L.L.W. Munyendo · R.C. Ramkat Internationalization of quality higher education has been a major concern not only at universities in developed countries but also to universities in developing countries such as in Kenya. The main drive for internationalization is the nee… RUF-36107 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Grow further club: A new concept in agricultural R&D financing P. Kelly Agricultural R&D is a proven development strategy with great importance for rural poverty, food security, and adaptation to a changing environment, and one where costs tend to be low in relation to other applications of science and tec… RUF-36103 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access MSc curriculum development and the necessary quality assurance for effective delivery, based on the experiences under the ADECEA MSc program for Burundi and Ghent University processes and experiences Luc D’Haese The higher education system in Burundi was recently restructured on the basis of the “LMD” “Licence, Master’s, and Doctorate” degree system. The Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology (FABI) made an effort to revitalize the academic envi… RUF-36096 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Unlocking Africa’s agricultural development through public-private partnerships, supportive curricula and agriculture friendly policy D.L. Bese · L. Coetzee · B. Dayimani · C.T. Kadzere +2 more With over 25% of the world’s arable land being in Africa, the continent could play a pivotal role in producing food and fiber for itself and for the export basket to feed a waxing global population projected to reach nine billion by 2050. … RUF-36092 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Public-Private-University partnerships in agriculture science research for economic development in Africa: Lessons from North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park C.T. Kadzere The objective of this paper was to discern how public-private-university partnerships (PPUPs) in Africa can support agriculture science research for economic development, similar to what Research Triangle Park (RTP) has done for North Caro… RUF-36086 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESAAM): An Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project at Egerton University, Kenya A.Y. Guliye · S.M. Mwonga · J. O. Ogendo · M.N. Omwamba +2 more Food insecurity and poverty remain the major challenges to Africa’s development, affecting about 33% of its population. Among the key contributing factors to food insecurity are occurrence of frequent droughts, rampant crop and livestock d… RUF-36082 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Taking pro-active actions to enhancing the quality of African universities graduates for the labour market E. Adipala · Joan Apio · A. Egeru · P. Nampala +3 more African Universities are facing an unprecedented growth in enrolment that has more than doubled in the last decade alone. This growth pattern has affected the teaching, learning, supervision and mentorship processes as on average one profe… RUF-36072 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Establishing a Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI) - an East and Southern Africa Centre of Excellence B. Bashaasha · R. Edema · P. Gibson Low agricultural productivity in Eastern and Southern Africa has led to recurrent, chronic food insecurity, poor nutrition, and widespread poverty that continues to affect a significant proportion of the population. This low productivity i… RUF-36069 2016 CC BY 4.0 14 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Making of an Entrepreneur University through University-Industry partnership: Institute of Petroleum Studies, Uniport - Nigeria a case study B.W. Abbey · J.A. Ajienka · J.O. Akaranta The World Bank in 2013 established an Africa Centre of Excellence in Oil Field Chemicals Research (CEFOR) at University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to address regional development challenges in the oil and gas industry. The Centre is well p… RUF-36068 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access University of Port Harcourt linkage with agricultural organizations in Nigeria: The journey so far O.M. Adesope · E.S. Erondu · N.E.S. Lale · E.C. Wokoma The Faculty of Agriculture in the University of Port Harcourt was established to provide broad based training of undergraduates in various areas of agriculture: crops, poultry, livestock, fisheries, wildlife, forestry, agricultural economi… RUF-36062 2016 CC BY 4.0 13 Oct 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
