Linkages

African Institute for Capacity Building (AICAD)

Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Global Open Food and Agriculture University (GO-FAU)

Linking Learners: Business to Business Learning

Open University of Tanzania

Regional Agricultural Information Network (RAIN)

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Fellowships

African Regional Postgraduate Program in Insect Science (ARPPIS)

"Intra European Fellowships for Career Development" - IEF (programme Personnes 2007-2013, 7ème PCRDT).

Coordinating training and capacity building in both private and public sectors

• Establishing linkages and partnerships with higher educational institutions for promoting training and capacity building
• Organizing in situ training sessions with the skilled and experienced partners in developing countries
• Organizing e-learning programs with specific partners (CTA, FAO)
• Organizing workshops and seminars open to policy makers and private sector actors (retailers and distributors in particular), to better implicate these partners in the horticultural sector

Reports

ICTs and Higher Education in Africa

This report reviews existing national and international policies with regard to the use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning within institutions of tertiary education.  Common areas of strength and weakness with reference to educational technology readiness in the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) countries are explored. These countries are Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.  The authors outline the challenges to the deployment of ICT in tertiary education within the PHEA areas. Finally, lessons learned and possibilities for collaboration are highlighted.       

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Building Pathways out of Rural Poverty Through Investments in Agricultural Information Systems. Final Report by Dwight W. Allen and Mary Anderson Ochs. Feb. 2008

Last year Cornell University and partners put together a 'WorldAginfo' Design Team to test the premise that: "new collaborative information technologies offer an exciting opportunity to transform agricultural education and information systems in Asia and Africa." The Team was charged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore the landscape of agricultural education and information systems in Asia and Africa, and to come up with "a set of recommendations for areas of investment that have the potential to improve the lives of smallholders through better access to agricultural education, training and information."

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