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RUFORUM Celebrating 10 years as a Network and 22 years supporting Agricultural Higher Education
Fourth RUFORUM1 Biennial Conference: Highlights and Programme
July 19th - 25th 2014, Maputo - Mozambique
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Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
(RUFORUM)
Plot 151/155 Garden Hill, Makerere University Main Campus
P.O. Box 16811 Kampala, Uganda,
Tel: +256 417 713300 (Office) | Fax: +256 414 534153Email: [email protected]
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Celebrating RUFORUM @10
Dear distinguished guests and all actors in Higher Agricultural Education, welcome to the Fourth RUFORUM Biennial conference in Maputo, Mozambique. In the RUFORUM calendar, Biennial conferences are the highlight of our regional networking activities and engagements. They are premised on a unique RUFORUM format which as a learning organisation we have developed and improved over the past decade. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is an African network of member universities, run by Africans with African priorities, but fully integrated into the extensive international science and policy agenda. We are in reality more than a network of member universities in Africa; because the network is a vibrant community of eager students, academics and scholars, engaged farmers and their communities, policy makers, private sector actors and entrepreneurs. During the Biennial conferences, this community comes together to celebrate excellence and share collective achievements and explore effective and efficient approaches to better serve society, review and discuss new ideas and initiatives for appropriate action.
At the heart of every Biennial conference programme are the graduate students the conference is an excellent platform for them, to present their scientific outputs, in a variety of formats (posters, papers, discussion sessions, etc.), obtain feedback from the wider community, and, become part of the fabric of global scientific community. Our students are the future of Africa and through their full participation in the various sessions and discussions (both formal and informal), they learn and share experiences. They learn to hone and articulate their ideas and methodologies; they benefit from peer-review and seize opportunity to gain from the widest possible feedback into their research; they learn how to engage with people and institutions of different backgrounds, with different interests, with different priorities. In this way, the Biennial convening events provide a unique platform for grooming the future agriculturalists of our continent as researchers, outreach workers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers.
The RUFORUM Network is extremely proud of its achievements and we are thrilled with the opportunity to receive feedback and your contributions that we are certain will help us improve our future engagements in the next decade. We are in the business of creating the new, great African universities of the 21st Century; we know there is a long and difficult road to travel with this mission but we firmly believe that we have made a solid foundation for creating and facilitating change in higher education. The programme for the week
is very exciting with broad aspects and issues in higher education, research and all will be of much interest to you. I advise that you take opportunity to do deep reflections and share these as a public good that will be used for the betterment of humanity.
Finally, I wish to request that you take time to meet and talk with the graduate students. They are eager to learn from your experiences and insights, which as you know will go a long way in creating a difference in and through their lives. I trust that you will find the time spent with the graduate students valuable to you as well our future in Africa remains bright only if we can commit to effective mentoring of these promising young men and women into their future careers so they are well equipped to serve humanity for posterity.
Prof. Adipala EkwamuExecutive Secretary RUFORUM
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Transforming agriculture in Africa requires innovative scientific research, educational and training approaches. The education sector needs to be more connected to the new challenges facing rural communities and needs to build capacity of young people to be part of the transformation of the agricultural sector
Our Motivation, further strengthened by the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa
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Table of ContentsCelebrating RUFORUM @10 4
Genesis and Evolution of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity
Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) 8
RUFORUMs Developmental Roots 9
Briefing note on the RUFORUM Fourth Biennial Conference 13
Conference Programme 17
List of Poster Presentations 35
Detailed schedule for parallel sessions 42
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Genesis and Evolution of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity
Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
2014: RUFORUM is in the process of crafting a new strategy and business plan to support its current 19 member countries, 42 member universities to serve as a voice for Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa.
1988: Rockefeller Foundation recognised that food and nutrition security, as an emerging challenge in Africa, would involve more than just productivity increases in staple crops. It would require a strong national base of university graduates and national institutions.
2004: Vice Chancellors, in an African-led initiative, created RUFORUM, a metamorphosis of FORUM into a collectively owned institution (network), aligned with CAADP processes, as a platform for networking, advocacy, and resources mobilisation for food and nutrition-related faculties.
2012: A review of BMGF support confirmed RUFORUMs important role and the Foundation approved continued support to 2018.
1992: Rockefeller Foundation launched the Forum on Agricultural Resources Husbandry (FORUM) to revitalise graduate training (Masters Level) in 10 universities in eastern and southern Africa. The goals were: 1) train a pool of mid career (MSc) scientists in required disciplines and 2) create a pipeline for PhD training to strengthen agricultural faculties in target countries.
2008: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) provided key core support that sustained the Secretariat and attracted other donors invest in RUFORUM as it provided new services and expanded the breadth of its network.
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RUFORUMs Developmental Roots
In over a little more than two decades RUFORUM has evolved from a regional, crop-based network of five agricultural faculties into a blockbuster regional consortium of 42 universities with a Secretariat, housed at Makerere University, which provides the platform for catalyzing change in African higher level capacity building.
The RUFORUM model is deliberately based on a high leverage concept that brings about broad change in universities. Through competitive sub-grants, specialized training sessions and intensive knowledge sharing, it exposes universities to both demand and opportunities to produce more relevant graduates and research to serve poor rural communities. RUFORUMs learning network has been able to impact attitudes, curricula, pedagogical standards and university partnerships with smallholder farmers and with a wide assortment of agricultural development agencies. By operating in a network mode, RUFORUM creates economies of scale in delivering these services. To date, it has served over 1283 postgraduate students (1071 MSc and 212 PhD) and 2,340 faculty, with nearly 40% of the student grants awarded to women. Its Biennial Conferences attract over 600 participants from inside and outside Africa. Its impactful community action programs have drawn support from numerous funders. And the innovations keep coming. Most recently, nine of RUFORUMs member universities have committed to host a graduate teaching assistants exchange whereby the host university waives fees and provides accommodation for PhD students and staff nominated by their universities. The sending universities provide travel, stipend and research funds. In turn, the host university is eligible to send staff for specialized training to a sister university under the same arrangement.
The next few years will see the consolidation of RUFORUM as a sustainable resource to its regions. RUFORUM will intensify capacity-building in several pilot countries. It will focus on sustainable value chains in both crops and livestock, and scale out many of its regional MSc and PhD programs. Based on its knowledge leadership, it will seek to share these approaches through modern communication and pedagogical techniques. These include new modes of knowledge management and exchange involving Open Education Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) adapted to local ICT and capacity constraints. Learning from these pilots will generate public goods that will serve the entire network and open opportunities for innovation and supportive resource flow.
Joyce Lewinger Moock
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Fans of RUFORUM often ask how this exceptional organization got its start and why it didnt come into being wholly formed and powerful as it is today. The 2013 publication by Fitzgerald and Lindow, Dirty Hands, Fine Minds: The Story of an Agricultural research and Training Network in African Universities largely chronicles RUFORUMs evolution over the last 20 years. The book includes a look at RUFORUMs very early days, when it was a fledgling program, called the Forum, sired by the Rockefeller Foundation and several African agricultural visionaries working with Foundation staff to turn an aspiration for upgrading local university contribution to agricultural transformation into a reality. This dispatch provides a complementary glimpse into the guiding ideas that have directed funder investments, including those of the Rockefeller Foundation, in agricultural higher education in Africa, and in advanced capacity building on the continent more generally.
During the new nation-building era in sub-Saharan Africa, the development of institutions of higher education was influenced by a generally common vision of university purposes and how to achieve them. The notion was that universities would be independent bodies of scholarly and scientific distinction, merit selection and open inquiry. They would serve as the location for most of the nations advanced training and research. The model closely followed those of the universities in the colonial nations, and to some extent the U.S. (although an effort to introduce the land-grant system in Africa was largely abortive affected by an insufficient mechanism for farming communities to set priorities and guide the research agenda.) Indeed according to conventional development theory of the 1960s, universities were essential to the idea of modernization, fostered by funding agencies. By the 1970s, the model had melded into an instrumental concept of a development university with specific socioeconomic purposes and well-appointed special institutes of development studies, integrated rural development, public health and so forth. Thus, the university became more closely aligned with short-range policy priorities or manpower planning. Funding became more project-oriented with the expectation of quick results, the liberal arts and basic science mission more abstract. Cost-effectiveness analyses compared universities adversely to primary education. As we know, these shifts took place against a backdrop of student uprisings (in Africa, as well as overseas), politically driven institutional expansionism and fiscal retrenchment resulting in loss of quality and in governance instability. Ever since, donor priorities, in the face of cynicism, have presented as a lack of coherent understanding of the university role in Africa and the absence of shared vision.
I rehearse all this to emphasize that the problems with agricultural higher education today are nested within the context of the university as a whole. African higher education institutions for the most part had not for decades benefitted from a consensus among university leadership, government and society of higher educations development role; the nature of what should be the academic core; and the manner in which engagement in development projects is fed back into the academic core. The reform of agricultural higher education thus situates within needed movements of universities to come to terms with other institutions in the national agricultural transformation system. To do so, they are challenged to convert themselves into institutions building a curriculum that can meet the needs of the 21st century and navigate successfully within new geopolitical landscapes created by both globalization and increased public demands for accountability.
It is remarkable that the peer reviewed Agricultural Investment Plans, required by the CAADP Compact process, had no chapter on the investment plan for higher agricultural education to meet the demands of the growing agriculture and agribusiness sector. As such the plans could be unattainable or inconsistent across sectors. This, undoubtedly, will be corrected in future plans.
The current picture, while uneven across the continent, is an exciting one affected by both world forces that foster Africas growth and the way Africa is taking advantage of them. The former are well-known. The latter include several factors. The first is generating economies of scale through the establishment of training and research networks. Second is concentration on entrepreneurial and problem solving skill enhancement. Third is promoting quality assurance through interaction, information sharing and peer review. Fourth is strengthening links between university research centers and the re-emerging private sector. Fifth is building a critical mass of female graduates who are highly employable. Sixth is reducing the costs of education through interactive adaptive learning technologies. Seventh is utilizing feedback mechanisms to partners.
RUFORUM presents an encouraging example of the latter characterization (feedback mechanisms) by means of its mutually reinforcing Community Action Research Projects, competitive research grants, field attachments to National Agricultural Research Institutes and NGOs, breakthrough collaborative research methods courses, and overarching guidance from a set of newly created national forums composed of farmers groups, local government representatives, and university staff.
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RUFORUMs recent Business Plan has received good reviews as an example of 42 universities working together to transform themselves through collective action into viable institutional operations responsive to national aspirations and conditions. This is no small accomplishment in the face of graduate programs long in crisis, burgeoning undergraduate enrollments, a rise in the number of universities without adequate and stable financing, and faculty members overwhelmed by undergraduate teaching responsibilities. When RUFORUM began as the Forum only a handful of agricultural PhD programs were functioning in eastern and southern Africa. It was impossible to create new viable ones under circumstances of financial retrenchment and often institutional politicization. Those were the days of overseas PhD study support. However, inadequate preparation at the MSc level had reduced the number of qualified people in the pipeline and undermined the value of the MSc as a terminal degree for applying knowledge and skills to address African agricultural problems. Now the MSc, along with an Africa-based PhD, is a very sought-after diploma.
RUFORUM is exceptional because it has found a way of climbing out of what has been a set of severe challenges to higher agricultural education by harnessing opportunities for upgrading the substance and texture of local university teaching, research and outreach through south-south national and regional partnerships backed by international support. It is riding the wave of globalization that is changing our conceptualization of higher education in Africa and its role in society. There are many dimensions to this change but five repeating themes stand out. A shift from viewing the generation of new skills and
knowledge as ends in and of themselves to a focus on application and realized impacts on the lives of citizens -- particularly the disadvantaged
An imperative to leapfrog to next generation technologies that foreshorten time and distance, and allow for simultaneity and acceleration
A new complex porousness between the realms of the public and the private between the public commons and private enterprise
A tilt from primary concentration on enhancing the talents of individuals to creating viable and lasting professional communities (especially through networks to realize economies of scale)
Nesting of local capacity building within the growing competition in the global marketplace for high-end talent
An intrinsic role of the university is to envision the future but evidence suggests that this role needs to be balanced by translational capacity -- the ability to turn knowledge into use. That balance must include managerial and entrepreneurial skills that lead to job creation, as well as job obtainment. And, the whole enterprise demands an environment whereby newly honed talent can flourish.
There are many ways to support and accelerate the changes already emerging. RUFORUM and its of 42 member universities (with more wishing to join) are becoming well positioned to meet the demands of a new yardstick for measuring success the degree to which investments in higher education help societies in the long and medium term to tilt accrued benefits toward their most vulnerable citizens. Results of this type require a systems approach, such as the one RUFORUM is now developing one that is selective, strategic, and sequenced in planning; synergistic, leverage-oriented and flexible in operation; and linked with actors who can move where it cannot.
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Briefing note on the RUFORUM Fourth Biennial Conference, 19th 25th July 2014, VIP Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
Once every two years, RUFORUM organises an Africa-wide week-long conference with the aim of fostering networking among its member universities and to link universities to other actors in the Agricultural and Tertiary Agricultural Education sectors. The Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Conference will take place from 19 25 July 2014 at the VIP Hotel in Maputo, Mozambique under the theme African Higher Education Week: Celebrating the contribution of African Universities and Partners to agricultural development in Africa. The Fourth Biennial is special in many ways:
1. It coincides with the 10 Year anniversary of RUFORUM, and will thus provide an opportunity to reflect on the progress made over the years, and visioning on the growth path for the next decade;
2. The Biennial will be held in Maputo, where 10 years ago African Heads of States and Governments signed the CAADP declaration. The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) is the blue print agreed upon by African Heads of States and Governments for achieving 6% economic growth through agricultural transformation.
3. It falls within the African Year of Agriculture and Food Security which was declared by the African Union, as part of celebrating CAADP at 10. This Biennial provides an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of African Universities and Partners to agricultural development and food security in the continent.
This years conference will particularly focus on the future of agriculture and Agricultural Tertiary Education in Africa and will include the launching of RUFORUM Graduate Teaching Assistantship Programme, an initiative by Vice Chancellors to increase the pool of PhD trained scientists in Africa. The conference will bring together close to 500 delegates from across Africa and beyond, including development partners and senior African Policy makers.
There will be pre-conference events to increase
networking and learning among Deans, Faculty and
students in RUFORUM programmes. These will be held
on 19th and 20th July 2014. In addition, two policy organs
of RUFORUM will meet during this period, the RUFORUM
Deans Committee and the International Advisory Panel.
The actual conference will be held over a 5 day-period as
outlined below:
Day One: Monday 21 July: Celebrating 10 years of
RUFORUM
The Programme for this day includes an address by the Chair of African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, official opening by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique, Alberto Vaquina, and an address by Mrs. Graca Machel, a member of the International Panel of Elders. This will be followed by two plenary sessions, one highlighting the Genesis and Chronicles of RUFORUM, and the second one on horizon searching for RUFORUM: Visioning for the next decade. There will be an exhibition to profile some of the RUFORUM activities and outcomes.
Day Two: Tuesday 22 July: Harnessing Science and
Technology Capacity in Africa
The day will open with a plenary address by the ICRISAT Board Chair, Prof. Chandra Madramootoo on Harnessing High-end science for agricultural development in Africa. This will be followed by eight breakout sessions looking at Doctoral Training in Africa, translating outputs of agricultural science to meet smallholder farmers needs in Africa; Addressing gender issues and encouraging women in the agricultural sciences; Strengthening partnership in research and higher education; Building linkages between education and practical knowledge resources; Enhancing publication and oral presentation skills of graduate students; Enhancing university engagement for impact on rural economies; and Global research alliance on agricultural greenhouse gases. All eight sessions will address how best to build and strengthen science and innovation capacity in Africa.
Day Three: Wednesday 23 July: Policy dialogue on the
future of agriculture and higher education in Africa
The morning plenary sessions on this day will look at the future of African agriculture and higher education, to distil needed actions to strengthen engagement of African universities in agricultural transformation. The newly launched Science Agenda for African Agriculture will set the stage for three Panel sessions on how to better integrate universities into CAADP and strengthen their ability to produce the graduates, research and outreach necessary to transform rural areas. One panel will present the Perspectives from Agricultural Policy Makers, the second; Perspectives from Higher Education and Science and Technology Policy Makers, and the third; Perspectives from University leaders.
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All three Panels will discuss evolving trends, likely scenarios, and how best Universities should position themselves to respond. What lessons are out there for African higher education and policy to pick from? What transformation changes are needed from institutional perspectives? What policies and investments are needed to support the required transformation and ensure the continent meets its development targets, including Agenda 2063, CAADP and the Science Agenda for African Agriculture?
The afternoon will have two events; the Annual General Meeting of the RUFORUM Network to receive report of the progress made over the last year (2013/14) and set targets for 2014/15. This will take place in Pangue hall at Hotel Grand VIP, Maputo, Mozambique. A separate meeting for graduate students and RUFORUM alumni will also be held at the Administration Building of the Eduardo Mondlane University to discuss what they want to see out of RUFORUM and from African universities.
Day Four: Thursday 24 July: Transforming the agricultural
and higher education sectors in Africa
The focus of this day is to provide opportunity for young and senior scientists to share their experience in research for development activities for improved smallholder livelihoods. It will also provide a platform for advancement of knowledge and sharing of technologies and lessons learnt for meeting the goals of Agenda 2063. There will be two plenary sessions, one on transformation of the Rwanda Agricultural sector that has enabled Rwanda to achieve Millennium Development Goal 1 of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. The second will be a case study sharing experiences on the transformation of Kenyatta University in Kenya. This will be followed by six breakout session focusing on: Building resilience to address vulnerability to risks associated with climate changes and variability in agricultural systems; Innovations for sustainable cropping production systems within smallholder crop value chains; Innovations in higher education; Innovations for sustainable fisheries and livestock production systems; Joint ASARECA / CCARDESA-RUFORUM Deans Meeting; Revamping agricultural education and training in Africa: opportunities and challenges for transformative change in African universities; and four side events premised on: A strategy for integrating research and higher education at sub-regional level; A new architecture for learning: looking into the future of ICT for teaching and learning; Optimising the participation of universities in national agriculture research and development; and Revamping agricultural education and training in Africa: opportunities and challenges for transformative change in African universities..
Day Five: Friday 25 July: Moving Forward the African
Higher Agricultural Education agenda
The morning of Friday will focus on drawing lessons learnt over the seven days and developing consensus on the needed actions by different actors to reposition Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa to respond to current and future agricultural needs and to ensure the continent has the needed capacity to meet the goals of the African Agenda 2063. This will be followed by four breakout sessions focusing on: Strengthening community engagements and innovation platforms; Agricultural marketing, trade and policy; Innovations for sustainable cropping production systems within smallholder crop value chains; Strengthening fisheries and crop-livestock value chains through improved post harvest handling and agro-processing; and three side events premised on: Strengthening universities capacities for mitigating climate change induced water vulnerabilities; Rejuvenating agricultural professional associations for enhanced agricultural productivity and Africa human capital in science; Technology and agripreneurship for food security framework. The closing session will include prize awards for outstanding achievers and an address by the African Union Commissioner for Human Resource, Science and Technology.
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Opening Ceremony(RUFORUM@
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HALL: PUNGUE0940-1030
Toward Transformation of Agricultural Higher Education Institutions; Responding to Real DemandGenesis and Chronicles of RUFORUM
HALL: PUNGUE
1330-1430
Horizon Searching: RUFORUM in the Next 10 Years
HALL: PUNGUE
RUFORUM@10: Viewing of Posters
& Exhibitions
1630-1645
RECEPTION
for Delegates
Host: Eduardo
Mondlane University
Viewing of Posters and ExhibitionsViewing of Posters and Exhibitions
Viewing of Posters and Exhibitions
TUESDAY 22 July 2014
Harnessing high
end science
for agricultural development in Africa
0945-1030
Doctoral Training in Africa: The way forward
1300-1400
Doctoral Training in Africa: The way forward
RUFORUM Board Meeting @ UEM
1600-1630
UEM Meeting
with Vice Chancellors and IAPHost:
Eduardo Mondlane University
Scientific conference:
Seven parallel
sessionsScientific conference: Seven parallel sessions
Other SideEventsOther Side Events
WEDNESDAY
23 July 2014Integration of Higher Agricultural Education into CAADP and National Development Plans
1030-1100Integration
of Higher
Agricultural Education
into CAADP
and National
Development Plans1330-1430
RUFORUM Annual General Meeting (AGM)
1600-1630RUFORUM
Board Meeting
with Key
Partners Graduate
Students and
Alumni Meeting
THURSDAY 24 July 2014
Resilience and
Sustainable Intensification
0950-1020
Scientific Conference: Three Parallel
Sessions and four side events Regional collaboration and Agricultural Science
Partnership
CCARDESA /
ASARECA Deans Meetings
1300-1400Scientific
Conference:
Three Parallel
Sessions and
four side
events 1500-1530
OPEN SPACE
FRIDAY 25 July 2014
Moving forward
the
Higher Agricultural Education Agenda
0930-1000Scientific
Conference: Four
Parallel
Sessions and two side events1245-1400
Feedback-Session summariesPrize Awards and Closing Session
RECEPTION Host: RUFORUM Sec
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SESS
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1: O
PENI
NG C
EREM
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(RUF
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LL: P
UNGU
ESe
ssio
n Ch
air:
Prof
. Inac
io M
apos
se, D
irect
or G
ener
al IIA
M
Le
ad R
appo
rteur
s: P
rof.
Luisa
San
tos,
Edua
rdo
Mond
lane U
nive
rsity
and
Dr. P
aul N
ampa
la, R
UFOR
M Se
cret
ariat
W
elcom
e and
Ope
ning
Rem
arks
08
30-0
835
Prof.
Orla
ndo Q
uilam
bo, R
ector
-Edu
ardo
Mon
dlane
Univ
ersit
y08
35-0
840
Prof.
Adip
ala E
kwam
u, Ex
ecuti
ve S
ecre
tary,
RUFO
RUM
0840
-084
5Pr
of. Le
vi Ny
agur
a, RU
FORU
M Bo
ard C
hair
0845
-085
5Dr
. Yem
i Akin
bami
jo, F
ARA
Exec
utive
Dire
ctor
0855
-092
0H.
E. D
r. N
kosa
zana
Dlam
ini Z
uma,
Chair
perso
n of th
e Afric
an U
nion C
ommi
ssion
09
20-0
930
Hon.
Augu
sto Jo
ne Lu
is, M
iniste
r of E
duca
tion M
ozam
bique
09
30-0
950
Rt. H
on. P
rime M
iniste
r of R
epub
lic of
Moz
ambiq
ue, A
lberto
Vaq
uina
0950
-103
0GR
OUP
PHOT
OGRA
PH A
ND H
EALT
H BR
EAK
SESS
ION
2: T
OWAR
D TR
ANSF
ORMA
TION
OF
AGRI
CULT
URAL
HIG
HER
EDUC
ATIO
N IN
STIT
UTIO
NS; R
ESPO
NDIN
G TO
REA
L DE
MAND
H
ALL:
PUN
GUE
Sess
ion
Mode
rato
r: M
s Jud
ith F
ranc
is, T
echn
ical C
entre
for A
gricu
ltura
l and
Rur
al Co
oper
atio
n
Ra
ppor
teur
: Mr.
Emm
anue
l Afu
tu
10
35-1
045
Over
view
of the
Pro
gram
me by
Ms.
Nodu
mo D
hlami
ni, P
rogr
am M
anag
er IC
T R
UFOR
UM
1045
-111
0Ke
ynote
Add
ress
by M
rs. G
raca
Mac
hel, M
embe
r, Int
erna
tiona
l Pan
el of
Elde
rs an
d For
mer M
iniste
r of E
duca
tion,
Moza
mbiqu
e 11
10-1
120
Disc
ussio
n11
20-1
145
Addr
ess b
y Hon
. Dr.
Akinw
umi A
desin
a, Mi
nister
of A
gricu
lture
& R
ural
Deve
lopme
nt, F
eder
al Re
publi
c of N
igeria
11
45-1
155
Disc
ussio
n SE
SSIO
N 3:
GEN
ESIS
& C
HRON
ICLE
S OF
RUF
ORUM
: PLE
NARY
DIS
CUSS
ION
HALL
: PUN
GUE
Sess
ion
Chair
: Pro
f. Ru
kudz
o Mu
rapa
, Inte
rnat
iona
l Adv
isory
Pan
el, R
UFOR
UM
Ra
ppor
teur
: Dr.
Agne
s Mwa
ngwe
la, D
ean
Food
& H
uman
Nut
ritio
n, L
UANA
R12
00-1
300
Gene
sis of
RUF
ORUM
: Dr.
Joyc
e Mo
ock
The t
rans
ition t
o an A
frican
led a
nd un
iversi
ty ow
ned n
etwor
k: Pr
of. A
dipala
Ekw
amu,
RUFO
RUM
Secre
tariat
De
velop
ment
and i
mpac
t of d
eman
d led
postg
radu
ate tr
aining
prog
rams
: Dr.
Rich
ard E
dema
, Mak
erer
e Univ
ersit
y St
reng
thenin
g univ
ersit
y-com
munit
y eng
agem
ent: P
rof. E
mman
uel K
aund
a, Lil
ongw
e Un
iversi
ty of
Agric
ultur
e and
Natu
ral R
esou
rces
Build
ing re
sear
ch ca
pacit
y-ca
se o
f Bur
undi:
Ms.
Mich
eline
Inam
ahor
o, IS
ABU
Scien
tist a
nd P
hD S
tude
nt St
ellen
bosc
h Un
iversi
ty Di
scus
sion
1300
-133
0Vi
ewing
of R
UFOR
UM P
oster
s and
Exh
ibitio
ns13
30-1
430
LUNC
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EAK
SESS
ION
4: P
LENA
RY -
HORI
ZON
SEAR
CHIN
G: R
UFOR
UM &
ITS
PART
NERS
IN T
HE N
EXT
10 Y
EARS
HALL
: PUN
GUE
Sess
ion
Mode
rato
r: D
r. Al
do S
troeb
el (N
atio
nal R
esea
rch
Foun
datio
n, R
epub
lic o
f Sou
th A
frica
)
Ra
ppor
teur
: Pro
f. Ma
lcolm
Blac
kie
1430
-163
0Th
e cha
nging
land
scap
e in t
ertia
ry ag
ricult
ural
educ
ation
and i
mplic
ation
s for
RUF
ORUM
: Dr.
Leif C
hrist
offer
sen,
Form
er D
ivisio
n Dire
ctor,
Wor
ld Ba
nk
Futur
e thr
usts
for S
&T
deve
lopme
nt in
Afric
a an
d im
plica
tion
for r
oles
of Ne
twor
ks s
uch
as R
UFOR
UM: D
r. Be
atrice
Njen
ga -
Head
, Hum
an R
esou
rces,
Scien
ce a
nd
Tech
nolog
y Dep
artm
ent, A
frican
Unio
n Com
miss
ion
Futur
e sk
ill de
mand
s in
the a
gricu
ltura
l sec
tor a
nd th
e ro
le of
Tertia
ry Ag
ricult
ural
Institu
tions
in m
eetin
g su
ch c
halle
nges
: Dr.
Philip
Kirir
o, Pr
eside
nt Pa
n Af
rican
Far
mer
Orga
nisati
on (P
AFO)
W
orkin
gin a
glob
al ar
ena -
Leve
ragin
g coll
abor
ation
and p
artne
rship:
Dr.
Mercy
Kar
anja,
Bill
and M
elind
a Gate
s Fou
ndati
onTh
ough
ts on
futur
e dire
ction
s for
RUF
ORUM
: Dr.
Patric
k Oko
ri, IC
RISA
T
Disc
ussio
n 16
30-1
700
HEAL
TH B
REAK
17
00-1
830
SESS
ION
5: V
IEW
ING
OF P
OSTE
RS A
ND E
XHIB
ITIO
NS
SESS
ION
6: (1
630-
1830
) RUF
ORUM
: Pol
icy d
ialog
ue b
y inv
itatio
n at
Pol
ana S
eren
a Hot
el 19
00-2
100
WEL
COME
COC
KTAI
L, H
OSTE
D BY
EDU
ARDO
MON
DLAN
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IVER
SITY
AT
FORT
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MONDAY 21 stJULY, 2014SESSION 1: OPENING CEREMONY (RUFORUM@
10)HALL: PUNGUE
Session Chair: Prof. Inacio Maposse, Director General IIAM Lead Rapporteurs: Prof. Luisa Santos, Eduardo Mondlane Universityand
Dr. Paul Nampala, RUFORM Secretariat
Welcom
e and Opening Remarks
0830-0835Prof. Orlando Quilambo, Rector-Eduardo Mondlane University
0835-0840Prof. Adipala Ekwamu, Executive Secretary, RUFORUM
0840-0845Prof. Levi Nyagura, RUFORUM Board Chair
0845-0855Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo, FARA Executive Director
0855-0920H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlam
ini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission 0920-0930
Hon. Augusto Jone Luis, Minister of Education Mozambique 0930-0950
Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of Republic of Mozambique, Alberto Vaquina 0950-1030
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH AND HEALTH BREAK SESSION 2: TOW
ARD TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; RESPONDING TO REAL DEMAND HALL: PUNGUESession Moderator: Ms Judith Francis, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Rapporteur: Mr. Emm
anuel Afutu 1035-1045
Overview of the Programme by Ms. Nodumo Dhlamini, Program Manager ICT RUFORUM 1045-1110
Keynote Address by Mrs. Graca Machel, Member, International Panel of Elders and Former Minister of Education, Mozambique 1110-1120
Discussion1120-1145
Address by Hon. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria 1145-1155
Discussion SESSION 3: GENESIS & CHRONICLES OF RUFORUM: PLENARY DISCUSSION HALL: PUNGUESession Chair: Prof. Rukudzo Murapa, International Advisory Panel, RUFORUM
Rapporteur: Dr. Agnes Mwangwela, Dean Food & Human Nutrition, LUANAR
1200-1300Genesis of RUFORUM: Dr. Joyce Moock The transition to an African led and university owned network: Prof. Adipala Ekwamu, RUFORUM Secretariat Development and impact of demand led postgraduate training programs: Dr. Richard Edema, Makerere University Strengthening university-community engagement: Prof. Emmanuel Kaunda, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Building research capacity-case of Burundi: Ms. Micheline Inamahoro, ISABU Scientist and PhD Student Stellenbosch University Discussion
1300-1330Viewing of RUFORUM Posters and Exhibitions
1330-1430LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 4: PLENARY -HORIZON SEARCHING: RUFORUM & ITS PARTNERS IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS HALL: PUNGUESession Moderator: Dr. Aldo Stroebel (National Research Foundation, Republic of South Africa)
Rapporteur: Prof. Malcolm Blackie
1430-1630The changing landscape in tertiary agricultural education and implications for RUFORUM: Dr. Leif Christoffersen, Former Division Director, W
orld Bank Future thrusts for S &T development in Africa and implication for roles of Networks such as RUFORUM: Dr. Beatrice Njenga -Head, Human Resources, Science and Technology Department, African Union Commission Future skill demands in the agricultural sector and the role of Tertiary Agricultural Institutions in meeting such challenges: Dr. Philip Kiriro, President Pan African Farmer Organisation (PAFO) W
orkingin a global arena -Leveraging collaboration and partnership: Dr. Mercy Karanja, Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationThoughts on future directions for RUFORUM: Dr. Patrick Okori, ICRISAT Discussion
1630-1700HEALTH BREAK
1700-1830SESSION 5: VIEW
ING OF POSTERS AND EXHIBITIONS SESSION 6: (1630-1830) RUFORUM: Policy dialogue by invitation at Polana Serena Hotel
1900-2100W
ELCOME COCKTAIL, HOSTED BY EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY AT FORTALEZA
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TUES
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SESS
ION
7: H
ARNE
SSIN
G SC
IENC
E AN
D TE
CHNO
LOGY
CAP
ACIT
Y FO
R IN
NOVA
TION
IN A
FRIC
A
H
ALL:
PUN
GUE
Sess
ion
Chair
: P
rof.
Cisc
o Ma
gagu
la, V
ice C
hanc
ellor
Uni
vers
ity o
f Swa
zilan
d
Rapp
orte
ur:
Dr. C
. Mut
isi (D
ean,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Zim
babw
e)08
30-0
840
Summ
ary o
f Day
1 an
d intr
oduc
ing pr
ofile
of ev
ents
for D
ay 2:
Pro
f. Lu
isa S
antos
, Edu
ardo
Mon
dlane
Univ
ersit
y 08
40-0
910
Harn
essin
g High
End
Scie
nce f
or A
gricu
ltura
l Dev
elopm
ent in
Afric
a: Pr
of. C
hand
ra M
adra
mooto
o, Ch
air IC
RISA
T Bo
ard
& Mc
Gill U
niver
sity,
Cana
da
0910
-092
0Co
mmen
tary -
Persp
ectiv
es fr
om F
ARA:
Dr.
Irene
Fre
mpon
g, Di
recto
r, Ca
pacit
y Stre
ngthe
ning,
FARA
0920
-094
5Di
scus
sion
0945
-103
0HE
ALTH
BRE
AK A
ND V
IEW
ING
OF P
OSTE
RS A
ND E
XHIB
ITIO
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SESS
ION
8: P
ARAL
LEL
SESS
IONS
AND
SID
E EV
ENTS
(103
0 13
00)
1030
-130
0Se
ssion
8.1:
Docto
ral tr
aining
in A
frica:
The W
ay F
orwa
rd
Conv
ener
s: RU
FORU
M,
Natio
nal R
esea
rch
Foun
datio
n (SA
), Ca
rneg
ie Co
rpor
ation
HALL
: LIC
UNGO
Sess
ion 8.
2:Ex
tensio
n edu
catio
n &
traini
ng: A
link f
or
trans
lating
outpu
ts of
agric
ultur
al sc
ience
to
meet
small
holde
r far
mers
need
s in
Afric
a
Conv
ener
: SA
FE
/ AF
AAS
/ WIN
ROCK
HALL
: INCO
MATI
Sess
ion 8.
3:Inn
ovAT
E, V
irgini
a Te
ch: A
ddre
ssing
ge
nder
issu
es an
d en
cour
aging
wo
men i
n the
ag
ricult
ural
scien
ces
Conv
ener
: Inn
ovAT
E
HALL
: MAP
UTO
Sess
ion 8.
4:St
reng
thenin
g pa
rtner
ship
in re
sear
ch an
d high
er
educ
ation
Conv
ener
s: Ma
kere
re U
niver
sity,
AGRI
NATU
RA, C
TA,
RUFO
RUM
HALL
: ZAM
BEZE
Sess
ion 8.
5:Bu
ilding
linka
ges
betw
een e
duca
tion
and p
racti
cal
know
ledge
reso
urce
s
Conv
ener
s: CA
BI &
RU
FORU
M
HALL
: SAV
E
Sess
ion 8.
6:En
hanc
ing
publi
catio
n and
oral
pres
entat
ion sk
ills of
gr
adua
te stu
dents
Conv
ener
: RU
FORU
M
HALL
: PUN
GUE
B
Sess
ion 8.
7:En
hanc
ing un
iversi
ty en
gage
ment
for
impa
ct on
rura
l ec
onom
ies: L
esso
ns
from
Comm
unity
Ac
tion R
esea
rch
Prog
rams
for
Unive
rsity
Outre
ach
Conv
ener
s: RU
FORU
M,
Make
rere
Univ
ersit
y, LU
ANAR
and
Unive
rsity
of El
dore
t
HALL
: PUN
GUE
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SESSION 9: PARALLEL SESSIONS AND SIDE EVENTS (1400 1630)1400-1630
Session 9.1: Doctoral training in Africa:The way forward
Convener: RUFORUM, National Research Foundation (SA), Carnegie Corporation
HALL: LICUNGO
Session 9.2:Extension education & training: A link for translating outputs of agricultural science to meet smallholder farmers needs in Africa
Convener: SAFE /AFAAS / W
INROCK
HALL: INCOMATI
Session 9.3:InnovATE, Virginia Tech: Addressing gender issues and encouraging women in the agricultural sciences
Convener: InnovATE
HALL: MAPUTO
Session 9.4:Strengthening partnerships in research and higher education
Conveners: Makerere university, AGRINATURA, CTA, RUFORUM
HALL: ZAMBEZE
Session 9.5:Global research
alliance on agricultural greenhouse gases
Convener: Wageningen
University and Research Centre
HALL: SAVE
Session 9.6:Enhancing publication and oral presentation skills of graduate students
Convener: RUFORUM
HALL: PUNGUE B
Session 9.7:Enhancing university engagement for impact on rural economies: Lessons from Community Action Research Programs for University Outreach
Conveners: RUFORUM, Makerere University, LUANAR and University of Eldoret
HALL: PUNGUE A1600-1830
SESSION 10: RUFORUM BOARD MEETING AT UEM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING1630-1700
HEALTH BREAK 1700-1800
SESSION 11: VIEWING OF POSTERS AND EXHIBITIONS, VIP HOTEL GARDENS
1800-2100OPEN SPACE SIDE EVENT 1: (1800-1900) Carnegie Corporation and RUFORUM: Meeting Carnegie Supported Graduate Students, HALL: SAVESIDE EVENT 2: (1800-1900) AW
ARD, Building Leadership for Gender Responsive Agriculture Research and Development, HALL: INCOMATI
SIDE EVENT 3: (1900-2100) Eduardo Mondlane University Joint Meeting of RUFORUM Board and International Advisory Panel, VENUE: HOTEL CARDOSORem
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4SE
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TEGR
ATIO
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HIG
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CULT
URAL
EDU
CATI
ON IN
TO C
AADP
& N
ATIO
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DEVE
LOPM
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PLAN
SHA
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UNGU
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ssio
n Mo
dera
tor:
Lind
iwe M
ajele
Siba
nda (
Exec
utive
Dire
ctor
FAR
NPAN
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Lead
Rap
porte
ur: D
r.Mi
ck M
wala
(Dea
n,Sc
hool
of A
gricu
lture
, Uni
vers
ity o
f Zam
bia)
0830
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f Day
2 an
d intr
oduc
ing p
rofile
of ev
ents
for D
ay 3:
Dr.
Paul
Namp
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rants
Man
ager
, RUF
ORUM
0840
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Age
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or A
gricu
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in A
frica (
S3A)
: Dr.
Yemi
Akin
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Exec
utive
Dire
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0900
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iscus
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Persp
ectiv
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om A
gricu
ltura
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cy M
aker
s HE
Rho
da T
umus
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Comm
ission
er A
gricu
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and R
ural
Econ
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Afric
an U
nion
Comm
ission
Ho
n. Dr
. Zer
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el M.
Nyii
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iniste
r of S
tate f
or A
gricu
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ublic
of U
gand
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nister
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gricu
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of N
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:Com
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INTE
GRAT
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OF H
IGHE
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RICU
LTUR
AL E
DUCA
TION
INTO
CAA
DP &
NAT
IONA
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VELO
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Sess
ion
Mode
rato
r: Dr
.How
ard
Ellio
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depe
nden
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sulta
nt, C
anad
a
HAL
L: P
UNGU
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Lead
Rap
porte
ur: P
rof.
Pink
ie Zw
ane,
Dean
Fac
ulty
of A
gricu
lture
, Uni
vers
ityof
Swa
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ussio
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ersp
ectiv
es fr
om H
ighe
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catio
n Po
licy M
aker
sHE
Dr.
Martia
l De
Paul
Ikoun
ga, C
ommi
ssion
er H
uman
Res
ource
s, Sc
ience
and T
echn
ology
, Afric
an U
nion
Hon.
Prof.
Jane
Nan
a Opo
ku A
gyem
ang,
Minis
ter of
Edu
catio
n, Re
publi
c of G
hana
Ho
n. Lu
is Ag
usto
Mutom
ene P
elemb
e, Mi
nister
of S
cienc
e and
Tec
hnolo
gy, R
epub
lic of
Moz
ambiq
ue
Hon.
Naled
i Pan
dor,
Minis
ter of
Scie
nce a
nd T
echn
ology
, Rep
ublic
of S
outh
Afric
a Di
scus
sion
SESS
ION
12.3:
INTE
GRAT
ION
OF H
IGHE
R AG
RICU
LTUR
AL E
DUCA
TION
INTO
CAA
DP &
NAT
IONA
L DE
VELO
PMEN
T PL
ANS
Sess
ion
Mode
rato
r : P
rof.
Rich
ard
Mkan
dawi
re, V
ice P
resid
ent,
Afric
an F
ertil
iser a
nd A
grib
usin
ess P
artn
ersh
ip (A
FAP)
HA
LL: P
UNGU
ELe
ad R
appo
rteur
: Dr.
Dunc
an O
ngen
g,De
an, G
ulu
Unive
rsity
1215
-133
0Pa
nel D
iscus
sion
thre
e: P
ersp
ectiv
es fr
om H
ighe
r Edu
catio
n In
stitu
tions
Prof.
Mab
el Im
buga
, Vice
Cha
ncell
or, J
omo K
enya
tta U
niver
sity o
f Agr
icultu
re &
Tec
hnolo
gy (K
enya
)Pr
of. B
rice
Sins
in, R
ector
, Univ
ersit
y of A
bome
y Cala
vi (B
enin)
Prof.
Dr.
M.J.
Martin
Kro
pff, R
ecto
r Wag
ening
en U
niver
sity a
nd R
esea
rch C
entre
(Neth
erlan
ds)
Dr. D
avid
Niels
on (W
orld
Bank
), Co
mmen
tary o
n per
spec
tive f
rom
highe
r edu
catio
n ins
titutio
ns
Disc
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UM
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SESSION 13: BREAK AWAY
1500-1800SESSION 13.1: RUFORUM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
OFFICAL OPENING HE Rhoda Tumusiime, Commissioner Agriculture and Rural Economy, African Union Commission
VENUE: Pungue Hall, Hotel Grand VIP
SESSION 13.2: RUFORUM GRADUATE STUDENTS & ALUMNI MEETING
VENUE: University of Eduardo Mondlane Administration Building
Moderators: Prof. Kay Muir Leresche, Ms. Monica Kapiriri & Mrs. Sylvia Mkandawire
Mentoring and building confidence among graduate students
Guest Speakers:Hon. Dr. Zerubabel M. Nyiira: My own development pathwayProf. Nzula Kitaka: W
orking across systems and disciplines
From graduate studentship to a change agent/leader
Guest Speakers:Mrs. Chimwemwe Chamdimba (NEPAD)Dr.W
ellingtonEkaya(BeCa)
Group Discussion: Reflections by graduate students and alumni-Looking into the Future: W
hatdo you want to see out of RUFORUM and from African universities?
Dinner Dance for students/alumni at COMPLEXO COLMEIA 2, University of
Eduardo Mondlane
OPEN SPACE AND SELF SPONSORED/ ARRANGED TOURS
1800-2100OPEN SPACE SIDE EVENT 4: (1900-2100) RUFORUM: Joint m
eeting of RUFORUM Board, IAP, Ministers and Development Partners by invitation, INDY VILLAGE
Remarks by Dr. W
angiru Kamau Rotenberg, Director AW
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ESIL
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E AN
D SU
STAI
NABL
E IN
TENS
IFIC
ATIO
N
HAL
L: P
UNGU
E Se
ssio
n Ch
air:
Pro
f. Di
dier
Pilo
t, AG
RINA
TURA
Rap
porte
ur:
Dr. E
lizab
eth
Omam
i, Dea
n Un
ivers
ity o
f Eld
oret
0830
-084
0Su
mmar
y of D
ay 3
and i
ntrod
ucing
profi
le of
even
ts for
Day
4: M
rs. A
gnes
Akw
ang O
bua-
Ogwa
l, RUF
ORUM
M&E
Offic
er
0840
-090
0Ke
y No
te ad
dres
s by
Dr.
Jean
Jac
ques
Mbo
nigab
a Mu
hinda
, Dire
ctor G
ener
al, R
wand
a Ag
ricult
ural
Boar
d: Le
arnin
g fro
m ea
ch o
ther
-Tr
ansfo
rming
the
agric
ultur
al se
ctor i
n Rw
anda
09
00-0
920
Key N
ote ad
dres
s by P
rof. O
live
Muge
nda,
Vice
Cha
ncell
or, K
enya
tta U
niver
sity:
Lear
ning f
rom
each
othe
r-Tra
nsfor
ming
a Un
iversi
ty-the
case
of K
enya
tta U
niver
sity
0920
-093
0Co
mmen
tary b
y Dr.
Mose
s Osir
u, D
eputy
Exe
cutiv
e Sec
retar
y, RU
FORU
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rans
formi
ng A
gricu
ltura
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tor an
d Univ
ersit
ies in
Afric
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ussio
n 09
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HEAL
TH B
REAK
AND
VIE
WIN
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POS
TERS
AND
EXH
IBIT
IONS
SE
SSIO
N 15
: PAR
ALLE
L SE
SSIO
NS A
ND S
IDE
EVEN
TS
10
30-1
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SESS
ION
15.1:
Bu
ilding
re
silien
ce
to
addr
ess
vulne
rabil
ity to
risk
s as
socia
ted
with
clima
te ch
ange
s an
d va
riabil
ity
in ag
ricult
ural
syste
ms
HALL
: MAP
UTO
Chair
: Dr.
Ngun
gi Ki
nuthi
a Ro
binso
n
Rapp
orteu
r: P
rof. M
una E
lhag
SESS
ION
15.2:
Inno
vatio
ns fo
r sus
taina
ble
cropp
ing pr
oduc
tion s
ystem
s with
in sm
allho
lder c
rop v
alue c
hains
HALL
: PUN
GUE
B
Chair
: Pro
f. Juli
us O
chou
dho
Rapp
orteu
r: Dr
. Lan
ga T
hemb
o
SESS
ION
15.3:
Pr
omoti
ng
innov
ation
s in
highe
r ed
ucati
on
HALL
: ZAM
BEZE
Chair
: Pro
f. She
u Mpe
pere
ki
Rapp
orteu
r: Dr
. Mwe
twa A
lice
SIDE
EV
ENT
5: CC
ARDE
SA-
Towa
rds
a str
ategy
for
inte
grati
ng
rese
arch
and
high
er e
duca
tion
at su
b-re
giona
l leve
l
Conv
ener
: CCA
RDES
A, R
UFOR
UM
HALL
: INCO
MATI
SIDE
EVE
NT 6
: A n
ew a
rchite
cture
for
lear
ning:
lookin
g int
o the
futur
e of
ICT
for te
achin
g and
lear
ning
Conv
ener
: RUF
ORUM
HALL
: PAN
GUE
ASI
DE
EVEN
T 7:
ASAR
ECA:
Op
timisi
ng
the
partic
ipatio
n of
unive
rsitie
s in
natio
nal
agric
ultur
e re
sear
ch an
d dev
elopm
ent
Conv
ener
: ASA
RECA
, RUF
ORUM
HALL
: SAV
E
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SIDE EVENT
8: Revam
ping agricultural education and training in Africa: opportunities and challenges for transformative change in African universities
Convener: InnovATE, Virginia Tech & RUFORUM
HALL: LINCUNGO1030-1045
Dynamics of land use and land cover
changes in
semi-arid Karamoja sub-region, UgandaEgeru,
A., W
asonga, O.,
Majaliwa, M. G. J., MacOpiyo, L.& Mburu, J.
Role of
universities in
development of
improved crop varieties, seed production, dissemination and impacts: Case studies of dry,
canning, snap
and runner
beans, pigeon pea and onions Kim
ani, P.M.
Strengthening the capacity of agricultural researchers through
a network
of statistical
collaboration laboratories.Vance, E. and Magayane, F.
1045-1100African nightshade distribution in response to phosphorus and water status in three Kenyan counties: Phenolics and related antioxidants
Gweyi-Onyango, J. P., Musila, M.M., Nawiri, M.P. & Om
olo, P.O.
Inheritance of resistance to brown spot disease in upland rice in Uganda.Mwendo, M.M., Jim
my, L. & Ochwo, M.
Transforming tertiary
agricultural education
and training through private sector linkagesKraybill, D. and Minde, I.
1100-1115Projected
impact of
climate change on suitable areas for rice cutlivation in South-Kivu province, DRC.Muhindo,
I.D., Majaliwa,
M.G.J., Katusabe,
A. &
Bossissi, Nk.
Breeding runner
bean for
grain yield,
diseases resistance
and short-day
adaptation in eastern Africa.Kim
ani, P.M., Mulanya, M.M. & Narla, R.D.
Analysis of variance in experimental design with
spatial dependence using autoregressive models Edm
undo do
Rosrio Rodrigues
Caetano&
Renato Ribeiro de Lima
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fere
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1115
-113
0Ef
ficien
cy
and
profi
tabilit
y of
wa
ter s
aving
tec
hnolo
gies
on
irriga
ted
rice
in So
uth-K
ivu
Prov
ince,
DR C
ongo
Nkub
a, B.
, Mu
hind
o,
I., W
alang
ulul
u, M
., Kat
esub
e, A.
&
Maja
liwa,
M.
Selec
tion
for
multip
le dis
ease
re
sistan
ce i
n bu
sh s
nap
bean
line
s de
velop
ed in
Ken
yaMu
lanya
, M.M
., Ki
man
i, P.
M. &
Nar
la,
R.D.
Integ
rated
ope
n dig
ital s
pace
s for
per
sona
lised
lear
ning,
ele
ctron
ic po
rtfoli
os,
infor
matio
n dis
semi
natio
n an
d gr
adua
te me
ntorsh
ip
Kim
olo,
N.
1130
-114
5La
nd
use
chan
ge
effec
t on
ca
rbon
sto
cks
in we
stern
Ug
anda
Ma
kum
a-Ma
ssa,
H.,
Ocha
nda,
D.,
Nand
ozi
C.,
Mfut
umiki
za,
D. &
Maja
liwa,
J.G.M
.
Effic
acy
of Le
onot
is ne
petifo
liaL.
and
Ocim
um g
ratis
simum
L.
extra
ctson
ad
ult T
etra
nych
us u
rtica
eKo
ch (A
cari:
Te
trany
chida
e) on
Fre
nch b
eans
Ogay
o,
K.O.
, Og
weno
, J.O
. &
Nyaa
nga,
J.G.
Deve
lopme
nt of
a vir
tual s
pace
for o
nline
sup
ervis
ion
and m
entor
ing as
a no
vel to
ol for
lear
ning a
nd im
prov
ing
quali
ty of
grad
uate
studie
s in
Afric
a Ki
ambi
, D., N
dung
uKi
lton,
J.
1145
-120
0Cl
imate
wa
rming
an
d ra
nge
shifts
of f
our m
edici
nal p
lants
in Af
rica:
insig
hts fr
om p
redic
tive
biocli
matic
mod
els.
Isabi
rye
B.E,
Rwo
mus
hana
I,
Zziw
a E,
Mw
eya
N.
C.
& Ta
buti
J.R.S
.
Facto
rs inf
luenc
ing
occu
rrenc
e of
tom
ato v
irus
disea
ses
on s
mall
holde
r far
ms in
Kas
ese,
Ugan
daAh
abwe
, S.
, Oc
hwo-
Ssem
akul
a, M.
K.N.
, Kar
ungi
, J. &
Sse
ruwa
gi, P
.
A stu
dy to
ass
ess
agric
ultur
al e-
reso
urce
use
and
its
impa
cts w
ithin
the R
UFOR
UM co
nsor
tium
Onya
ngo,
D. &
Njo
gu, F
1200
-121
5So
il or
ganic
ca
rbon
sto
cks
unde
r co
ffee
agro
fores
try
syste
ms in
Uga
nda.
Balab
a-Tu
mwe
baze
, S.
Pesti
cide
use
for
mana
geme
nt of
ap
hids
and
viral
disea
ses
in pa
ssion
fru
itOl
ango
, A.,
Och
wo-s
sem
akul
a, M.
, Ka
rung
i, J. &
Sse
ruwa
gi, P
.
Impr
oving
gr
adua
te co
mpete
ncies
thr
ough
fie
ld att
achm
ents:
Ex
perie
nces
from
Sch
ool o
f Agr
icultu
ral
Scien
ces,
Make
rere
Univ
ersit
y.Op
olot
, H.N
, Isub
ikalu
, P, O
baa,
B.B.
& E
bany
at, P
.
1215
-123
0Im
pact
of no
-tillag
e on
run
off
and s
oil lo
ss by
wat
er er
osion
: a
meta-
analy
sis of
plot
data.
Mh
azo,
N.
Row
cove
rs for
man
agem
ento
f ins
ect-
vecto
red
viral
disea
ses
of tom
ato i
n Ug
anda
Juru
a, H.
, Ss
eruw
agi,
P.,
Ochw
o-Ss
emak
ula,
M.K.
N. &
Kar
ungi
, J.
AgIM
Po
st-gr
adua
te ed
ucati
on
in ag
ricult
ure
infor
matio
n ma
nage
ment
and
prec
ision
farm
ing in
Cap
e Ve
rde a
nd M
ozam
bique
Marc
o,
P.,
Alex
andr
e, B.
,
Chap
anan
ga,
N.
& At
uman
e, A.
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1230-1300Discussions
Role of soil and crop residues as sources of inoculum for Fusarium
head blight
of wheat.Njeru, N.K., W
agacha, J.M., Muthom
i, J.W. & Mutegi,
C.K.
Strengthening national
capacity in
agro-biotechnology applied to agro-forestry research through a collaborative platform between UEM (Mozambique) and IICT (Portugal).Ribeiro de Barros, A.I, Saide, J, Maquia, I., Senkoro, A., Muocha, I., Barbosa, F., Goulao, L.F., Neves, L. & Ribeiro, N.S.
Discussions1245-1300
Strengthening Capacity
in tertiary
agricultural education and training institutions: the case of iAGRIMinde, I. and Kraybill, D.
1300-1315
The License Master & Doctorate (LMD) System in
Republic of Benin and in French speaking Africa.Assogbadjo, A.
1315-1330
Discussion
1300-400LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 16: PARALLEL SESSIONS AND SIDE EVENTS
1400-1600Session
16.1: Building
resilience to
address vulnerability to risk associated with
climate changes
and variability
in agricultural
systems
HALL: MAPUTO
Chair: Prof. Rhoda Biriech
Rapporteur: Mr. Anthony Egeru
Session 16.2: Innovations for sustainable cropping production systems within smallholder crop value chains
HALL: PUNGUE B
Chair: Prof. Joshua Ogendo
Rapporteur: Dr. Mulembeki Robert
Session 16.3: Innovations for sustainable fisheries and livestock production systems
HALL: ZAMBEZE
Chair: Prof. Emmanuel Kaunda
Rapporteur: Ms. Matsimbem Musewe
SIDE EVENT 9: CCARDESA-Towards a
strategy for integrating research and higher education at sub-regional level
Convener: CCARDESA
HALL: INCOMATISIDE EVENT10: A new architecture for learning: looking into the future of ICT for teaching and learning
Convener: RUFORUM
HALL: PANGUE A
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1: AS
AREC
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ptimi
sing
thepa
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