Specialist varsity vital to improve food production

I was privilege to participate in a technical and human resource training dubbed “Engaging Africa: Global Partners for Agricultural Development” which took place last week at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore India in partnership with Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. The project is supporting Uganda Skills Development Project, funded by World Bank and Agricultural Transformation through stronger vocational education in Ethiopia, which is supported by Global Affairs Canada.

The projects focus on transforming agricultural colleges into competency-based education and training (CBET) centres of excellence as part of the strategy to achieve food security. The choice of venue was informed by similarities in development and environment between India and Africa.