Working Document Series Open Access Coping with hardship in Gezira Scheme, Sudan: Farmer’s strategy of developing a system of knowledge management F. Birungi Kyazze · J.K. Kampen · N.S.A Musa · H. Sseguya Gezira scheme in Sudan is one of the most important schemes in the country, as it accounts for half of the total irrigated area in Sudan. From 1956 the Government of Sudan provided most of the agricultural services. However, from 1981 to 2… RUF-37428 2016 CC BY 4.0 10 Apr 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Towards a new role of agricultural extension in nutrition education: Evidence from western Uganda Margaret Kabahenda · M. Mangheni · F. Shimali Extension and advisory services had their main role as training, communication and dissemination of technical information, improved technologies and practices. However, there is increasingly a realization that extension has to take on new … RUF-36180 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Implementing a digital repository to increase access to agricultural higher education research and learning in Africa: The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture experience E. Adipala · Joan Apio · J. Kalungi · C. Kuteesa +1 more Providing access to knowledge outputs is important to support development in Africa through strengthening learning, innovation, and avoiding duplication. However, although there has been an increase in the research output from the continen… RUF-36178 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Creating channels, connections, and communities: Experimenting with virtual rural agricultural learning communities in Nkhotakota district, Malawi R. Chapota · P. Chinkhokwe · J. M. Kisebe · C. Mloza-Banda In the simplest form, an agricultural innovation system has three elements: the organizations and individuals involved in generating, diffusing, adapting and using new knowledge; the interactive learning that occurs when organizations enga… RUF-36175 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Strengthening communication and knowledge management for increased agricultural productivity: A Ugandan case study I.N. Kashaija · V. Mbigidde · Barbara Mugwanya-Zawedde For growth and development to occur in the agricultural sector, availability of timely and relevant agricultural research information is important for both planning and practice at all levels. The National Agricultural Research Organisatio… RUF-36171 2016 CC BY 4.0 16 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Readership analysis of impact storylines from University based research E. Adipala · Joan Apio · A. Egeru · H. Makuma-Massa +2 more By 2025, every smallest personal items to the largest continents, everything, and everywhere will be digitally connected, and responsive to people’s wants and likes. Universities have no choice but to increase the use and availability of k… RUF-36170 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access IoT4Food: Harnessing Internet of Things Technology (IoT) for sustainable agriculture E. Bainomugisha The inability to obtain soil characteristics rapidly and inexpensively remains one of the biggest challenges faced by farmers in Uganda and many African countries. Currently, the majority of farmers do not use any scientific means to asses… RUF-36169 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Reception analysis and popularity of American action movies in Kampala, Uganda P. Atim · P. Boshoff This study set out to examine the meaning that young working class men living in Kampala, Uganda, make of American action movies in Bibanda, informal video-viewing halls. The study examined the ways in which these meanings may contribute t… RUF-36167 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access The role of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia M. Amir · W. Muluken · N. Peter Information and communication issues have been key topics for agricultural education and extension for decades. Farmers need information on weather forecasts, inputs, improved cultivation practices, pest and disease management and market p… RUF-36164 2016 CC BY 4.0 15 Oct 2016
Newsletters Open Access The RUFORUM monthly Newsletter May, 2011: Special monthly edition focusing on knowledge management and the role of information management and communication in the RUFORUM network RUF-35274 2011 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Information and Communication Technologies and Agricultural Knowledge Management: Comparative Assessment of Peri-urban and Rural Settings in Kenya F. Mugivane · D.A. Odongo · F. Olubayo The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of ICTs among smallholder farmers and extension agent for knowledge management, and compare the situation in peri-urban and rural settings. The study was carried out in two districts of … RUF-32304 2012 CC BY 4.0 16 May 2014
Technical reports Open Access Maximizing RUFORUM’s Knowledge Management and Outreach Lisbeth Levey Knowledge management and information dissemination are major components of RUFORUM’s mission of improving postgraduate training and research in the institutions where RUFORUM works. RUFORUM asked for assistance in: 1) Planning and implemen… RUF-31639 CC BY 4.0 18 Nov 2013
