Translating Research in Agriculture into Practice Solutions at Kapasa Makasa University: A Collaboration between Librarians and Teaching Fraternit
| dc.contributor.author | Naomy Mtanga | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oliver Nyowani | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kabaja Banda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-06T11:34:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-28 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Golden Jubilee Celebration and Conference to be held from 25th to 28th July, 2023, at Avani Victoria Falls Resort The conference brings together LIS professionals from public and private institutions as well as local and international exhibitors. Participants include librarians, records officers, archivists, students, institutions, and people interested in information governance. The celebratory conference will be graced by the Republican Vice President, Mrs. Mutale W. K. Nalumango. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kapasa Makasa University (KMU), named after the late freedom fighter and politician, Mr Kapasa Makasa (born Robert Speedwell Makasa), is located in Chinsali, Muchinga Provice of Zambia. It was opened on 10th October 2016, as a campus of the Copperbelt University. The campus initially had two teaching departments, namely, Information Communication Technology and Agriculture and Aquatic Sciences offering Bachelor of Science in ICT with Education, Bachelor of Science in Animal Science; Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Bachelor of Science in Agroforestry. In June 2021, KMU was officially de-linked from the Copperbelt University by which time it had created a School of Applied Sciences and Technology with three teaching departments, namely, Education and Open Distance Learning, Information and Communication Technology; and Agriculture and Aquatic Sciences. The university maintained the three programmes in Sustainable Agriculture, Animal Science and Fisheries and Aquaculture. Meanwhile, the Bachelor of Science in ICT with Education was restructured to include minors in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, and a new programme, Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security was introduced with its first students admitted in 2022 academic year. As a pioneer higher learning institution in Muchinga province designed to be a centre of excellence in the natural science fields, the degree programs offered at Kapasa Makasa University border on harnessing natural resources and agriculture. The graduates of KMU are equipped to contribute to the development of natural resources that have been earmarked to become alternative growth points for the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), one way of diversifying the economy away from relying on copper exportation. KMU produces a cadre of graduates that can make a difference and contribute towards job creation and entrepreneurship, which will in turn lead to wealth creation, poverty reduction and economic development. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.kmu.ac.zm/handle/123456789/87 | |
| dc.title | Translating Research in Agriculture into Practice Solutions at Kapasa Makasa University: A Collaboration between Librarians and Teaching Fraternit | |
| dc.type | Presentation |