Fifth Ruforum Biennial Conference 2016

23rd May 2016
by secretary

Agrinatura News

Fifth Ruforum Biennial Conference 2016

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the Fifth Ruforum Biennial Conference 2016 also known as the ‘African Higher Education Week’ to take place 17–21 October 2016 at the Century City Conference Centre, CapeTown, South Africa under the Theme ’ Linking Agricultural Universities with Civil Society, the Private Sector, Governments and other Stakeholders in support of Agricultural Development in Africa’.

The main objective of the Conference is to discuss strategies for strengthening the African higher agricultural education sector and linking them more closely with economic development by actively sharing lessons and experiences as well as research findings.The overal goal is to improve the performance of the agricultural sector in Africa by engaging all partners, particularly the private sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods.

The 2016 RUFORUM Biennial Conference will purposely link stakeholders in agriculture to new products and trends. It will also be an opportunity to create linkages between the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture to improve knowledge sharing.