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Presenters at the side event: Professor Martin Kopff (WUR), Matt Hooper (Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand), Henk van der Mheen
(WUR) and Victoria Hatton (NZAGRC).
The conference is a major event in
agricultural science and research in Africa
and was an excellent event for promoting
the work of the Global Research Alliance
to a diverse audience.
The objective of the Alliance side event
was to discuss the work of the Alliance,
its Research Groups and research
networks with African research and
development organisations at various
levels, Universities and scientists
ALLIANCE SIDE-EVENT
RUFORUM, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE, 22 JULY 2014
to identify opportunities for positive
scientific engagement in the objectives of
the Alliance.
The event was attended by more than 30
scientists from different organisations
and institutions across the RUFORUM
network. There was significant interest in
participating in the work of the Alliance,
particularly once scientists had a better
appreciation of what the Alliance is about.
The biennial conference for the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
(RUFORUM) attracted around 600 academic researchers, regional and pan-African research
organisations from across Africa.
RUFORUM was established in 2004 as
a consortium of 42 universities in 19
countries from Eastern and Southern
Africa. Its mandate is to oversee graduate
training and networks in this region,
recognising the significant contribution
of African universities to small-scale
farming and agricultural development in
sub-Saharan Africa.