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A FOCUS ON MALAWI As part of enhancing its institutional visibility and reach, RUFORUM embarked on training a pool of young Social Media Reporters at its member universities. To date, RUFORUM has trained 20 reporters in Mozambique, Sudan, Namibia and recently 17 Social Media Reporters in Malawi. For Malawi, specifically, the Social media training aimed […] 0

Renewed Grant from Carnegie Corporation aims to support 140 new projects through 2017 NEW YORK, October 13, 2015—Universities in Africa and African-born academics in the United States and Canada can now apply for funding to take part in joint projects as part of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP). Carnegie Corporation of New York […] 0

Deadline: 1 December, 2015 The DREAM Project (with financial support granted by the European Commission through the Erasmus Mundus Programme) grants scholarships to students from ACP countries and staff members to undertake a mobility period, or full degree, in some of the best universities in Europe. Scholarships are available for master and doctorate students and […] 0

Reproduced from the University World News | Written by  Waruru  09 October, 2015 Issue No:160 The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, RUFORUM, has launched an ambitious crowd-funding campaign to raise money to train more postgraduate students over the next five years. The campaign, to be run through the forum’s web platforms and […] 0

The Council of the African Crop Science Society (ACSS) regrets to inform that the 12th ACSS Conference which was previously slated for Abuja, Nigeria, from 12 – 15 October 2015, has been cancelled due to unforeseen challenges. The Council thanks the local organizing committee for their efforts towards the organization, support and fund raising for […] 0

Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministers and Senior Government officials will meet in Lilongwe, Malawi 20-21 October, 2015 to deliberate on specific actions required to improve the status of higher education in Africa in line with the recent commitments on the Sustainable Development Goals, launched at the United Nations, last month. The two day Ministerial […] 0

Over the years, RUFORUM has championed transformative graduate research and training in agricultural sciences through supporting graduate research and training implemented under the Competitive Grants Scheme (CGS). One of the competitive grants that is routinely made available through Senior Faculty in member universities is the Graduate Research Grants (GRGs). The GRG supports the training of […] 0

Deadline: 1 September – 30 November 2015 Australia Awards are prestigious international scholarships funded by the Australian Government. They promote development in Africa through a program of training opportunities for African professionals Scholarships: About Australia Awards Scholarships Australia Awards Scholarships are postgraduate scholarships that lead to an academic qualification from an Australian university. The objective […] 0

Over the years, RUFORUM has championed transformative graduate research and training in agricultural sciences through supporting graduate research and training implemented under the Competitive Grants Scheme (CGS). One of the competitive grants that is routinely made available through Senior Faculty in member universities is the Graduate Research Grants (GRGs). The GRG supports the training of […] 0

Deadline: October 30, 2015 The Corporation’s board of trustees approved a grant for the Carnegie Fund for Conference Attendance (CFCA), a competitive fund to support African beneficiaries of Corporation-supported postgraduate degree and postdoctoral programs to present papers at major international conferences.  Since 2008, the Corporation’s primary strategy in Africa has been to assist in the […] 0

This article has been republished from the CTA Website at: http://www.cta.int/en/article/2015-10-09/building-on-foundations-cta-ruforumrs-partnership.html CTA congratulates the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) on the successful organisation of its side event at the 70th United Nations General Assembly to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in New York. This significant undertaking in RUFORUM’s 2015 calendar […] 0

Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics University of Nairobi RUFORUM has had a history of lifting many scientists from a position of great need into one of hope. It is as though the future suddenly stretches before you and you feel capacitated to dream and take that next bold step forward. This is what exactly describes […] 0

Co-creation, stakeholder engagement and commercialization of knowledge were the central themes at the three-day-workshop on Food and Business Research in Uganda. About 40 project representatives and 25 external stakeholders actively engaged to enhance the uptake of research with a strong focus on SMEs. NWO-WOTRO and the F&BKP Office, together with PAEPARD, RUFORUM and AgriProFocus Uganda, […] 0

Eric Etchikinto Agoyi from Benin, is a PhD student of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology at Makerere University, Uganda. Eric’s PhD scholarship is under the EU supported Intra-ACP SHARE Capacities project. His nascent PhD research protocol focusing on “Genetic study of promiscuous nodulation in soybean” won him the 2015 Norman Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Programme […] 0

Makerere University through the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) boosts of one of the leading agricultural research centers in Uganda, producing numerous agricultural technologies that are transforming agriculture across nationally and regionally. Over the years, College of Agriculture has been focused undertaking impact oriented teaching, learning, research, and outreach with a focus at […] 0

Agshare provides strategies for a logical institutional approach to teaching, research and community development. The AgShare core strategy is a research-based approach for the co-creation and publication of agricultural knowledge within and across stakeholder groups. Multiple-media Open Educational Resources (OER) are produced, shared, modified, and made freely available through learning networks. Students engage in participatory […] 0

Her Story Professor Fetien Abay Abera was born in Wukro town of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. She is the last (twin) daughter to a family of 12 and is now married and a mother of three. Saved by her mother from an arranged marriage at a very young age (12) to a much older man (36), […] 0

Dr. John Wasige was recognized by NASA for application of free & open source GIS/Remote sensing software in full automated work flow of digital satellite image processing for land use change detection at Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University USA. He was inspired to study agricultural sciences from experiences of growing up in a […] 0

Experiences from the Agribusiness Enhance Project FED/2013/320-100 RUFORUM is an Associate Partner for the project “Strengthening Universities Capacity to Enhance Competitiveness of Agribusinesses in East and West Africa – Agribusiness Enhance in short,” an Edulink project grant number FED/2013/320-100. The project brings together agribusiness educators and researchers from Egerton University, Kenya, ;Mekelle University, Ethiopia; Gulu […] 0

Akidi Irene Lynette is a graduate student at Gulu University, Uganda pursuing master’s degree in Agri-Enterprises Development and currently in her my second year of study. She shares her experiences studying under the Agri-Enterprise Development program in a RUFORUM member university, Gulu University. During my first year a number of concepts were introduced to us, […] 0