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There is increasing need for university teaching staff to develop skills and approaches towards teaching and student learning in institutions of higher education. Specifically the need is towards providing them with the pedagogical tools t…

RUF-35931 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Apr 2016

Patrick Okori

This document presents highlights of a study commissioned by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) as part of its effort to improve the level and quality of Doctoral training in Africa. It involved …

RUF-35929 2016 CC BY 4.0 12 Apr 2016

Lackson Chama · Lloyd Haambiya · D. Kambewa · E. Kaunda +1 more

A study was conducted to investigate the level of stakeholder participation in co-management of Lake Tanganyika. This study was conducted in the two districts of Mpulungu and Nsama on the Zambian water front. A total of 568 respondents wer…

RUF-35904 2015 CC BY 4.0 22 Feb 2016

Mario Piedra

In 2014, EARTH University received a grant through the RUFORUM Nurturing Grants scheme to strengthen universities' community engagement and rural entrepreneurship as well as increase the level of experiential learning in the focus universi…

RUF-35896 2016 CC BY 4.0 22 Feb 2016

C. Levi

This study assessed the potential of information communication technologies (ICT) in contributing to agriculture and rural development by looking into the effectiveness of radio, television and mobile phone in dissemination of agricultural…

RUF-35858 2015 CC BY 4.0 29 Jan 2016

S. Kiconco

Assessing soil fertility status is one way of evaluating sustainability of land use and management activities. There are basically two methods of assessing soil fertility: the laboratory method and use of indigenous knowledge. One way of u…

RUF-35526 2014 CC BY 4.0 29 Sep 2015

Joseph Mphatso Mkanthama

One major outcome of the challenges in rice production in Tanzania is low yield. One intervention to help improve rice yield is adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). However, little information exists about farmers’ awareness of G…

RUF-35372 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Ismail Mohamed Ismail Maryoud

Supermarkets are expanding rapidly in Africa and particularly in Kenya. As they consolidate and increase their market share, they may be large enough to exert market power and may have both negative and positive impacts on the suppliers an…

RUF-35370 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Verrah Akinyi Otiende

The nature and form of collective action varies. It is contextually specific and may change over time. It arises when individuals jointly tackle constraints, make decisions and achieve outcomes with mutual benefit. Strong and vibrant small…

RUF-35364 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Gabriel Otieno Okello

Dose-response studies in arthropod research usually involve observing and collecting successive information at different times on the same group of organisms (insects) exposed to different concentrations of stimulus such as botanical extra…

RUF-35355 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Esther Nthambi Nthuku

About 70% of child deaths in the community occur at home caused by preventable or easily curable diseases like malaria, diarrhea and malnutrition. The government of Kenya came up with a plan referred to as Community Health Strategy in 2006…

RUF-35354 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Wanzala Richard Wamalwa

This study evaluated to what extent research methodologies influence proposal work plan, budget and completion time. The study involved a sample size of twenty randomly selected proposals out of a total of 52 on-going research projects. Da…

RUF-35333 2011 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Leone Iga Mawa

Kenya‟s dairy industry is among the best in the Sub-Sahara Africa. The dairy industry is an important source of household livelihood among the smallholder families. There is immense pressure on land due to the increasing population. The re…

RUF-35328 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Kirimi Peter Mutugi

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome data feedback and decision making is enhanced by data quality assessments which are done using well designed tools and methods. HIV data quality is useful in HIV pr…

RUF-35325 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

Ntukamazina Nepomuscene

In Burundi, agricultural sector faces several constraints among them climate variability, increasing population density, pests and diseases and soil degradation. These factors lead to very low (and declining) levels of agricultural product…

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