Declaration of Deans and Principals of RUFORUM member universities on revitalizing higher education in agriculture for Africa’s future

Principals and Deans of the 46 RUFORUM member universities in 22 African Countries, having held consultative meetings on Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa in Entebbe (March 2014) and Johannesburg (November 2014) met in Khartoum from 8–10 June 2015 to deliberate on actions required to strengthen the higher agricultural education sector in Africa. The Khartoum meeting reviewed outputs of previous meetings, including that the 1st African Higher Education Summit on Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa’s future held on March 10–12, 2015 in Dakar, Senegal. The 65 Principals and Deans present in Khartoum explored issues and mechanisms required to strengthen higher agricultural education in Africa and made eight recommendations for action.