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 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 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 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 Sorghum Breeding for Improved Productivity, Nutrition and Industrial Use R. Ajambo · G. Asea · R. Bagada · M. Biruma +12 more Sorghum and cereals in general are staple cereals consumed predominantly with little value addition. Consequently, these crops yield low remunerability in the economy of Uganda and many similar countries. The value of cereals such as sorgh… RUF-31569 2012 CC BY 4.0 8 Oct 2013
