VISION MISSION

UNISWA RESEARCH CENTREContinuedCollaborating more with industry and other productiveinstitutions to share human and materialresources and to mobilise funding for research forthe common good;Promoting ownership of research, through participationby relevant partners and communities, whoare the direct benefi ciaries; andDisseminating research fi ndings through cooperationwith the media.cooperation of relevant departments and institutions;Strengthening funding for research;Researchers being guided by ethical procedures inresearch;Protecting the institutional intellectual propertyemanating from research; andResearchers publishing more, through the enhancedUNISWA Research Board policies.URC also envisions, through its Strategic Plan:Improving and expanding its complement of staffand provision of facilities for research with theThrough its regular mandates and with the new issues to bedealt with in the Strategic Plan, URC hopes for some positiveindicators of achievement in the academic years to come.CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS - Hosted by the URCSCOPE TITLE/THEME DATEInstitutional Annual Dissemination Seminar on Research Results by Staff. Organised jointly 20 January, 2011with the Technical Advisory Committee of the UNISWA Research Board.RegionalResearch4Life-TEEAL Programmes Training-of-Trainer Workshop for Lesothoand Swaziland Researchers and Librarians.Funded by Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) andhosted by the Faculty of Agriculture and the UNISWA Research Centre.22-25 March, 2011National Conferences, Workshops and SeminarsDlamini, M.P. Presented on Research Instrumentation,Data Collection and Analysis at the NationalCurriculum Centre (NCC) Staff Workshop, S&BConference Centre, Manzini, 5 August, 2010.International Conferences, Workshops and SeminarsDlamini, M.P., Manana, N.F., and Dlamini, B.M.Infl uences of Students Background on their AcademicPerformance at the University of Swaziland,Faculty of Agriculture. Paper presented at the26 th Annual Conference of the Association ofInternational Agricultural Extension and Education(AIAEE), Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,Canada, 16-19 May, 2010.Dlamini, M.P. Building a Critical Mass of Womenin High Academic Ranks and Leadership Positions.Paper presented at the Ministerial Conference onHigher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA),Speke Resort and Conference Centre, Munyonyo,Kampala, Uganda, 15 November, 2010.RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Research Funded by the Research Board for 2010/2011APPLICANTS DEPARTMENT FACULTY TITLE OF PROJECT AMOUNTAPPROVED(EMALANGENI)Ntonifor, N.N.Masina, G.T.Makamba, F.Monadjem, A.Mahlaba, T.A.M.Magagula, C.N.Crop Production Agriculture Effects of Locally Produced BotanicalInsecticides and CulturalPractices on Maize Stalk Borersand Seed YieldBiology Science Exploring the Role of SmallMammals as Bio-Control andPest Species in Agro-Ecosystemsusing Molecular Technique58,162.7098,366.44REPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR 9806