University engagement with farming communities in Africa : : : community action research platforms / / edited by Anthony Egeru, Megan Lindow, and Kay Muir-Leresche.

This book explains and explores how collaborations can be built and strengthened between African universities and farming communities to address real-world contemporary challenges. The book focuses on Community Action Research Platforms, an approach that has successfully enabled African universities...

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Taylor & Francis,, 2024.
Year of Publication:2024
Language:English
Series:Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (329 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Designing for Relevance : a new orientation for research
  • Anthony Egeru, Megan Lindow, Patrick Okori--Building Value Chain Innovation Platforms with Communities
  • Megan Lindow, Anthony Egeru, Kay Muir Leresche--Universities Fit for Purpose
  • Megan Lindow, Anthony Egeru, Kay Muir Leresche--Learning in Motion
  • Megan Lindow, Anthony Egeru, Kay Muir Leresche--Change Agents, Ripple Effects, Wider Impacts
  • Megan Lindow, Anthony Egeru, Kay Muir Leresche--Facilitating a Student and Community-centred, Experiential Approach to Research and Innovation
  • Nancy Mungai, Duncan Ongeng, Patience Mshenga, Megan Lindow--Enhancing agribusiness rice clusters and market linkages for food security and incomes in northern Uganda
  • Basil Mugonola, Apollo Kasharu, Jimmy Lamo, Daniel Ogwang--Enhancing safflower production and product development for food security and improving incomes of small-scale farmers in Botswana
  • Emongor Vallantino Erone, Bamphithi Tiroesele, Moatshe Onkgoletse Mashiqa--Sustainable commercial pineapple value chain system for increased yield and income, and improved livelihood of smallholder farmers in Central Region of Ghana
  • Festus Annor-Frempong--Empowerment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Coastal Kenya through the cassava value chain
  • Samuel Onyango, Agnes Mwang'ombe, D.C. Kilalo, P. Waswa--Impacting livelihoods through the CARP cassava value chain project in Nakuru County, Kenya
  • Richard M.S. Mulwa, Joseph W. Matafari, Joshua O. Ogendo, Peter F. Arama, Bockline O. Bebe--Seed potato production in Nakuru : Outcomes and implications of an active multi-stakeholder platform
  • Anthony Mwangi Kibe, Mariam Mwangi, Agnes Nkurumwa--Inclusion of Farmer Communities in Value Chain Development : A case of potato in southwestern Uganda
  • Johnny Mugisha, Peter Waswa, Napole̹on Heri Bahati-Kajunju, Abel Atukwase--Enhancing Pig Production and Marketing for Smallholder Farmers in Northern Uganda
  • Elly Kurobuza Ndyomugyenyi, Tony Aliro, Walter Odongo--Building Competitiveness for Communal Farmers through Developing the Wool Value Chain in the Free State Province of South Africa
  • Jan W. Swanepoel--Climate-Smart Agriculture : improving dryland crop yields and value addition through university-community partnership in Zimbabwe
  • Mandumbu Ronald, Nyamadzawo George, Nyakudya Innocent Wadzanayi, Kamota--Agathar, Kubiku Friday N. M--Enhancing Community Adaptation through Climate Resilient Agriculture : Encroacher bushes value chains initiative in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
  • Angombe S., Togarepi C., Mupangwa J. and Ndinomuwa, H--The Empowerment of Women and Youth : Enhancing climate-smart productivity of vegetables and key livestock value chains, Sudan
  • Muna Mohamed Elhag, Tafaol E. Ali, Luna M. Musa, Igbal E. I. Mohamed, Mutasim A. M. Elagab and Ali E. Eljack--Strengthening the Beekeeping Value Chain in Western Kordofan State, Sudan
  • Ahmed Idris, Ali Mohamed, Asma Hamad, Ruhama Abdallh, Osman Khmis, Hana Mohammed--Improvement of Indigenous Coping Strategies in Famine-Stricken Darfur, Sudan
  • Elkhalil, Elhadi. A. I., Osman, H. A. H., Elzein, A. E. M., Mohammed, E. M.; Ahmed, E, E. A--Scaling up African baobab food products valuation through enhancement of their safety and value chains for food and nutritional security in Benin (West-Africa)
  • Achille E. Assogbadjo, A. Hounkpèvi, K.V. Salako, F.J. Chadaré, R. Idohou, C. Gbèdomon and R. Glèlè Kakaï.