Agriculture training key to meeting continental needs

By Munyaradzi Makoni. Higher education in agriculture must provide training that allows Africa to feed itself, accommodate women, advise policy-makers, make use of innovative technologies, multiply fully trained researchers and turn research results into practice.
This was the central message from the biennial meeting of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, RUFORUM, held in the Mozambican capital Maputo from 19-25 July. Read more...