Description
-explains and showcases how collaborations can be built and strengthened between African universities and farming communities to address real-world contemporary challenges
-specifically focuses on Community Action Research Platforms, an approach that has successfully enabled African universities to develop new roles as agents of change through deep collaborative engagements
- developed in a pan-African network of one hundred and forty universities (RUFORUM), across 38 countries and 15 years
-explores the experiences and lessons drawn from nineteen different projects initiated by member universities in Benin, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe
-highlights a critical yet under-utilised role for African universities as collaborators and catalysts for multi-sector solutions for agricultural communities
-holds appeal for university leaders, higher education, agrifood and development specialists, researchers and practitioners, policy-makers and development agencies engaged in African agriculture and rural development, higher education and sustainable growth
Book Information
ISBN 9781032481180
Author Anthony Egeru
Format Paperback
Page Count 308
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd