Agriculture

Gulu University Launches Agri-food Systems Research and Entrepreneurship Centre (ASEC) Program

Gulu University has launched Agri-food Systems Research and Entrepreneurship Centre (ASEC) Program under TAGDeV 2.0. The launch took place at the Gulu University New Library on Thursday 7TH August 2025 during an inception meeting that brought together over 100 participants across Acholi, Lango and West Nile sub-regions. Dr. Collins Okello, the Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Gulu University said TAGDev 2.0 programme which comes after a successful implementation of TAGDeV...

September 1, 2025Agriculture, General Notice, In the Press, News & Events0 CommentsRead more...

UIPE Paid University Vice Chancellor a Courtesy Call

Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers on October 30th of October 2024 paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Openjuru George Ladaah after holding a workshop on Innovation and Intellectual Property Management for the Bio-System Engineering students and staff at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment. The team were accompanied by their partners like the Royal Academy of Engineering and University of the West of Scotland. Dr. Okello Collins, the Dean Faculty...

November 1, 2024Agriculture, News & Events0 CommentsRead more...

Gulu University VC tips African University leaders in TAGDev1.0 Experiences

Prof. Openjuru George Ladaah, the Gulu University Vice-Chancellor has told African University Vice-Chancellors that his administration was able to succeed in the implementation of the program “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development” (TAGDev 1.0) by re-envisioning teaching in the direction of producing job creators and not job seekers. Prof. Openjuru was addressing Vice-Chancellors and Education stakeholders in Africa during the second RUFORUM Triennial Conference, held...

August 16, 2024Agriculture, News & Events, Vice Chancellor's Diary0 CommentsRead more...

Universities Urged to Support TAGDev 2.0 Student Participants

African university leaders have been encouraged to show tolerance and understanding towards students participating in the “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development” (TAGDev 2.0) program. The appeal was made during the second RUFORUM Triennial Conference, held on July 12, 2024, at the Mercure Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia, where TAGDev 2.0 was officially launched. The TAGDev initiative, which began with Gulu and Egerton Universities in Uganda...

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Over 400 youth trained by Gulu University under AVSI ‘SAY’ Project

Gulu University has trained over 400 youth under the AVSI foundation project ‘Skilling Agriprenuership for Increased Youth Employment-(SAY). These youth were also given startup kits to help them deploy the learned skills to earn income, and a total of 161 youth out of the 400 trained got DIT certification. According to the Dean of Students Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at Gulu University, Dr. Collins Okello, these youth acquired...

June 14, 2024Agriculture, Business, News & Events1 CommentRead more...