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PWANI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Country: Kenya
2 Projects, page 1 of 1
  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 911550
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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 618617-EPP-1-2020-1-KE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
    Funder Contribution: 994,811 EUR

    In most African countries, there is need for revitalizing HEIs to deliver agricultural science curricula that will produce graduates with requisite skills for employment, job creation and agricultural development. AgriENGAGE aims at strengthening HEIs to provide excellent training programmes in agricultural sciences responsive to evolving labour market demands of stimulating agricultural transformation and enhanced agricultural sector competitiveness. The specific objectives of the project are: availability of updated agripreneurial and Community Engagement Training programmes at HEIs; enhanced teaching compentences in business development services and community engagement in HEIs’ academic staff; students skilled in demand driven agripreneurship, agribusiness development services and community engagement and enhanced collaboration between HEIs and industry. The project is envisioned to upscale the hands on approach to agricultural science teaching by skilling staff and students through reviewing existing curricula and developing modules in agripreneurship and community engagement, training staff and students in community engagement and agribusiness development services and working with farmers and industry. Moreover the project will conduct agribusiness clinics, farm attachment, entrepreneurship and community engagement challenges to build the skills of students in entreprenurship and community engagement. This will enhance academic staff pedagogical skills to deliver curricula for agripreneurship and Community engagement, strengthen students’ skills in agripreneurship, business development services and community engagement as well as enhance collaboration between HEIs institutions, farming community and industry. The target groups in AgriENGAGE are students, academic staff and the higher education institutions. Indirect target groups like farmers and employers will benefit through ability of graduates to work with farmers and industry to transform smallholder en

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