Working Document Series Open Access The influence of entrepreneurship capacity on innovation efficiency G. I. Muiruri The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship capacity and innovation efficiency in all countries captured consistently in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Global Innovation Index between the year… RUF-38915 2018 CC BY 4.0 16 Dec 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Contributing to rural transformation through skills development: the role of University-Community and TVET Linkages with experiences from Egerton University E. Adipala · A. Egeru · N.W. Mungai This paper provides highlights of Egerton University engagement with farming communities and TVETs and demonstrates the inherent potential that the University-Community and TVET partnership can achieve in rural transformation. Egerton Univ… RUF-38316 2018 CC BY 4.0 20 Jun 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Social media as platforms for improving visibility of research outputs in Africa E. J. Apio · N. Dhlamini · S. C. Mkandawire The global knowledge economy has broadened in the 21st century and has created a push for demand to process and share information in light of this, there is increasing expectation from stakeholders in higher eduation necessitating universi… RUF-37747 2016 CC BY 4.0 29 Oct 2018
Working Document Series Open Access La Recherche-Développement à l’Université du Burundi: bilan, défis et perspectives J. Bogaert · T. Masharabu · F. Nahayo · J. Shabani Créée en 1964, l’Université du Burundi est la principale université publique du pays. En 2017, elle compte 9300 étudiants reparties à travers huit facultés et trois instituts, avec un effectif de l’ordre de 237 enseignants-chercheurs déten… RUF-37324 2018 CC BY 4.0 19 Jan 2018
TAGDev Resources Open Access Pushing the frontier of Africa’s agricultural universities to contribute to Africa’s growth and development Ekwamu Adipala · A. Egeru Critical to Africa’s growth and development is how universities push forward with their contribution in generating and applying requisite knowledge and innovations that are applicable and address the burgeoning challenges faced by communit… RUF-37303 2018 CC BY 4.0 18 Jan 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Strengthening higher education for socio-economic development in Africa L. Imbuga Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have the responsibility of building the human capital required to drive socio-economic growth in many countries. It is the mandate of HEIs to carry out training, research, and innovation for development… RUF-37301 2018 CC BY 4.0 18 Jan 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Transforming African economies through university-led innovations: A concept note J.A. Akec African economies are under pressure to grow at a higher rate in order to raise the living standards and create sufficient jobs for its bulging youthful population through application of science, technology, and innovation as articulated i… RUF-37298 2018 CC BY 4.0 18 Jan 2018
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
Brochures and Fact Sheets Open Access RUFORUM Top 20 African young entrepreneurs from Uganda During the Fifth Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference 17th - 21st October, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa that focused on ‘Linking Agricultural Universities with Private Sector, Governments and other Stakeholders in suppo… RUF-36521 2016 CC BY 4.0 23 Nov 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Enhancing undergraduates competitiveness in agribusiness to strengthen University-Agribusiness Industry linkage O.M. Adesope · C.N.P. Hjortsoe · K. Manjur · P.M. Mashenga +2 more This study aimed at enhancing undergraduates’ competitiveness in agribusiness to strengthen university- agribusiness industry linkage in Nigeria. The study was conducted at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Participatory method was… RUF-36185 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 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
Journal articles Open Access Positioning smallholder farmers in the dairy innovation system in Malawi: a perspective of actors and their roles Mizeck Chagunda · Sylvia Chindime · P. Kibwika The preference of an innovation systems approach to development is based on its inclusiveness and the interactions of actors to co-influence each other, to learn and innovate and to bring about tangible benefits. As more actors with divers… RUF-36015 2016 CC BY 4.0 23 Aug 2016
Working Document Series Open Access An overview of STI in Africa Tichaona Mangwende RUF-35690 2015 CC BY 4.0 28 Oct 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Innovation Platform as an Approach to Enhance Food Security in Rwanda: Experiences from Maize Platform with Research into Use Project (2008-2010) L. Dusengemungu · P. Kibwika · F.B. Kyazze In spite of the many efforts made by the government, different projects and several NGOs, adoption of maize agricultural technologies by smallholder farmers in Rwanda had not been very successful. It was hypothesised that inadequate cooper… RUF-33184 2012 CC BY 4.0 22 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access An Assessment of the Processes and Pathways to Achieve Innovation in Conservation Agriculture in Malawi: A Case of Machinga Agricultural Development Division D. Kambewa · J. Kamoto · C. Mloza-Banda · H.R. Mloza-Banda +1 more A study was carried out in Machinga Agricultural Development Division, located in the Southern Region of Malawi to assess the institutional arrangements for implementation of conservation agriculture (CA). Social network analysis was used … RUF-32706 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 May 2014
Books and Book Chapters Open Access Changing agricultural education from within: lessons and challenges from the go4it programme Willem Heemskerk · Washington Ochola · Mariana Wongtschowski From the foreword: "This book showcases the application of an ‘innovation systems’ perspective for transforming universities from within. The intention is to promote the mainstreaming of innovation systems thinking and practice in universi… RUF-31664 2013 CC BY 4.0 1 Jan 2014
Working Document Series Open Access The Forum for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Genesis, Operations, and Future Prospects D.L. Okello · K. Senkosi The slow rate of agricultural development in Africa can largely be blamed on lack of functional relationships between technology/innovation generation centers, local farming communities, financial institutions and markets. The result has b… RUF-31628 2012 CC BY 4.0 9 Nov 2013
Working Document Series Open Access Orienting Higher Education to Support Africa's Agricultural Development E. Adipala · P. Okori Agriculture is Africa’s largest economic sector, representing 15 percent of the total GDP (or more than $100 billion annually). This pivotal sector just like the broader economy is resurging from a lull of no growth that marked the 1970’s … RUF-31496 2012 CC BY 4.0 3 Oct 2013
Working Document Series Open Access Global Change and the Future of African Agriculture: What Role for Higher Education? S. Carter · P. Sanginga Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is confronted with multiple dimensions of global change, from the atmospheric to the political and economic, from environmental to the demographic and cultural.Change is continuous, and largely unpredictab… RUF-31480 2012 CC BY 4.0 3 Oct 2013
