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Join the RUFORUM Network, CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and CGIAR in a webinar on “Leveraging Technology to Effectively Reach Farmers at Scale”Date: 12th June 2024Time: 15:00 PM EAT Registration Link: https://bit.ly/4dPoHczhashtag#RUFTriennial24

May 30, 2024 – The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) are proud to announce the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This partnership aims to foster a mutually beneficial relationship to promote open science and deliver advanced digital […]

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Gulu University (Uganda), Egerton University (Kenya), Africa University (Zimbabwe), University of Free State (South Africa), Malawi University of Science and Technology (Malawi), University of Eldoret (Kenya), Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda), University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), […]

Introduction: The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is seeking expressions of interest from experienced videographers to produce a high-quality video featuring interviews with the founding members of RUFORUM. This video will capture their insights on the formation of RUFORUM, highlight key milestones achieved over the past 20 years, and convey their […]

Background Africa over the last three decades has seen a forward growth trajectory with positive development outcomes. Nonetheless, there remains considerable development needs for the continent. Communication is an important element of the development process because it is a two-way bridge between generators of knowledge, technologies, innovations that drive economic growth and the ultimate users. […]

Uganda hosts meeting of social protection experts and stakeholders. 28 May 2024, Kampala –  Speakers at today’s opening of the Africa Regional Social Protection Policy Dialogue have called for an expansion of social protection to cover the rural poor in the agrifood system who are at risk of being left behind in Africa’s development. The […]

On Wednesday, 5th June 2024, @ruforumsec, @EU_Commission and hashtag#FARA will host the hashtag#RMRN “Exploring Agroecology: Current Insights and Emerging Research Frontiers” Webinar as the RUFORUM Triennial Pre-Conference Webinar.hashtag#RUFTriennial24Register here: http://bit.ly/3xQRpcG to join via zoom Date & Time: Jun 5, 2024 03:00 pm EAT

Dear engineers and engineering students, We are a working group of African academics striving to elevate the standard of education in Africa through collaborative programs aimed at providing guidance and recommendations to stakeholders for the advancement of education in Africa, which may benefit the rest of the world. We kindly request your participation in filling […]

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established by ten Vice Chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of universities in Africa. As of December 2022, membership stands at 170 universities in 40 countries. RUFORUM is registered as an International NGO (FORR78950) in Uganda and coordinated by a Secretariat hosted at Makerere University […]

The ADVALUE project consortium is looking for a high-level expert for the external evaluation of the project. The project runs until 31st December 2026. Background of the projectThe project ‘ADVALUE’ focuses on the training and research topics of sustainable agricultural value chains and is funded by the EU Erasmus+ program for capacity building in higher […]

The ADVALUE partnership started its international activities. During the Kick-Off conference 7-8 March 2024 at Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany, the partners put into place their proposed working structure and project design. This newsletter briefly presents the partnership, its cooperational arrangements, what can be expected next and most of all: https://erasmus-advalue.org/

On Wednesday early morning of May 15th, the RUFORUM Secretariat and entire Network woke up on the sad news of the passing of Prof Patrick Rubaihayo. The former Minister, member of RUFORUM Governing Organ – Technical Committee and former lecturer at Makerere University Emeritus Professor Patrick Rubaihayo died at a hospital on May 14th, 2024 […]

In preparation of WASD 22nd Sustainability International Conference “How to accelerate the pace of the Agenda 2030 implementation at half-way to its finishing line“ in the period 22-25 July 2024 at the United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (https://wasd.org.uk/listing/accelerate-sdgs-2030/), WASD is pleased to offer fantastic opportunity for 5-8 students to take part in a […]

Context and BackgroundFood systems transformation is high on the policy agenda both in Africa and in Europe. Food systems actors and the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) stakeholders in both Africa and Europe need knowledge and tools to play a pro-active role. This transformation process is seriously hampered by factors including the multiplicity of […]

CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS FOR THE TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE Background The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a Network of 170 universities from 40 African countries, is organising its second triennial conference to be held in Windhoek – Namibia, from 12th – 16th August 2024. The theme for the second RUFORUM Triennial Conference is […]

RUFORUM Young Scientists Award, 2024 edition Overview In spite of the progress made before the 2014-2018 period, food and nutrition insecurity remains of great concern. Globally, 795 million people still suffer from hunger, out of which 256 million (32.2%) are in the Africa region.[1] This corresponds to nearly one third of the world’s hungry people […]

Terms of Reference for a Short-term Consultancy Assignment As countries accelerate their actions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, a number of developments affecting the sustainability of food systems are emerging, including the impacts of climate change that are expected to have a disproportionately negative impact on production in those countries where food demand […]

Message from the Executive Secretary of RUFORUM Volume 4 of our newsletter is the first edition in 2024, and continues to highlight the work that African universities and their partners are doing. RUFORUM’s work is underpinned by African Governments who through their support to the RUFORUM Secretariat and member universities enables this network to deliver […]