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RUFORUM @10

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

Fourth RUFORUM1 Biennial Conference: Highlights and ProgrammeRUFORUM @10

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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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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



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



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



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.



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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Toward Transformation of Agricultural Higher Education Institutions; Responding to Real DemandGenesis and Chronicles of RUFORUM

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Horizon Searching: RUFORUM in the Next 10 Years

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Viewing of Posters and ExhibitionsViewing of Posters and Exhibitions

Viewing of Posters and Exhibitions

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Harnessing high

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0945-1030

Doctoral Training in Africa: The way forward

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Doctoral Training in Africa: The way forward

RUFORUM Board Meeting @ UEM

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Eduardo Mondlane University

Scientific conference:

Seven parallel

sessionsScientific conference: Seven parallel sessions

Other SideEventsOther Side Events

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23 July 2014Integration of Higher Agricultural Education into CAADP and National Development Plans

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RUFORUM Annual General Meeting (AGM)

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Resilience and

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Moving forward

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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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UNGO

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2:Ex

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traini

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link f

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agric

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ag

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5:Bu

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linka

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and p

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know

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BI &

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publi

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HALL

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B

Sess

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7:En

hanc

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gage

ment

for

impa

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rura

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onom

ies: L

esso

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from

Comm

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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

arks by Bongiwe Njobe, Member of High Level Advisory Panel on Agricultural Research

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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

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SESS

ION

12.3:

INTE

GRAT

ION

OF H

IGHE

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RICU

LTUR

AL E

DUCA

TION

INTO

CAA

DP &

NAT

IONA

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VELO

PMEN

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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

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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

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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

ARD

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UNGU

E Se

ssio

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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

l Sec

tor an

d Univ

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ies in

Afric

a 09

30-0

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HEAL

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AND

EXH

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SE

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: PAR

ALLE

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ND S

IDE

EVEN

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10

30-1

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SESS

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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

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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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me

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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