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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

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

Kamal El-Siddig · J. Githeko · Musa Nada

Purpose: In this study, the challenges to effective use of ICT to disseminate agricultural information were investigated. The study also sought to determine the extent to which ICT usage influences the dissemination of agricultural informat…

RUF-35583 2013 CC BY 4.0 6 Oct 2015

RUF-35517 2015 CC BY 4.0 29 Sep 2015

Linda Amondi Ohulo

Plant clinics, which are context and situation specific compared to the existing extension approach in the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), can deliver advice to farmers at the point of demand to reduce crop losses to pests. They can also ad…

RUF-35331 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015

RUF-35306 2013 CC BY 4.0 18 Sep 2015

RUF-35301 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 Sep 2015

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RUF-35288 2012 CC BY 4.0 18 Sep 2015

R. Buruchara · G. Foerch · R. Hawkins · M. Karuhanga +3 more

The limited impacts on poverty, hunger and land degradation from past efforts in agricultural training, research and outreach have been partly blamed on the education philosophy in higher education that is teacher centered and based on rig…

RUF-35281 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

RUF-35278 2011 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

P. Ebanyat · E. Kaunda · C. Ntwali · W. Okalebo +1 more

Poverty remains a central character to the Sub-Saharan African landscape. Despite the allocation of close to US$50 per person on the African continent from various donors in 2008, much remains unchanged. The United States alone quadrupled …

RUF-35276 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

RUF-35270 2011 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

E. Adipala · Nodumo Dhlamini · Wellington Ekaya · Washington O. Ochola

The changing face of African agriculture in the wake of myriad global, regional and local challenges requires adjustments in agricultural capacity development. Universities are better placed to spearhead this change but they too need to ad…

RUF-35269 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

E. Adipala · R. Batte · F. Judith · Washington Ochola +1 more

This study assessed the “health” of seven universities in eastern, central and southern Africa with respect to agricultural training and skill enhancement opportunities, appropriateness of curricula, staffing and access to learning resourc…

RUF-35259 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

RUF-35253 2011 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

D.M. Amudavi · Justus M. Ombati · C.A. Onyango

Although agricultural and rural sectors have a substantial economic share in Africa, their performance have remained sub-optimal due to many challenges including limited supply of high level professionals in agricultural and rural innovati…

RUF-35252 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

RUF-35250 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

M. Blackie · Paul Woomer

This paper was commissioned by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), an association of 25 Universities engaged in natural resource management in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa to explore oppo…

RUF-35244 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015

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RUF-35212 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015