The Government of Uganda and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) , with support of national, regional and international partners hosted a regional meeting of African Ministers, Members of Parliament, senior officials responsible for education,
The Government of Uganda and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) , with support of national, regional and international partners hosted a regional meeting of African Ministers, Members of Parliament, senior officials responsible for education,
agriculture, science and technology, finance and planning, private sector, civil society, and farmer representatives, to discuss strengthening higher education in agriculture, so that African universities and other education institutions can contribute more effectively to the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) processes.
According to the Ministerial Communique issued at Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA) held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo from 15th – 19th November 2010, the conference aimed to consolidate recent developments by strengthening high level partnerships and policy support for re-engineering African higher education in agriculture and science.
Some of the resolutions passed at the conference included: governments enable and facilitate universities to become learning institutions that produce problem solvers and entrepreneurs; universities engage with the private sector to harness ICTs in teaching, learning and research; and African governments to provide incentives for harnessing the African Diaspora’s human skills, institutional resources and professional and business networks in order to contribute toward Africa’s development.
The Ministers further committed to a renewed and vigorous emphasis by African governments on restoring the quality of higher education in agriculture. This they opined would be necessary to properly prepare the increased intakes of diplomas, undergraduates and postgraduates for their responsibilities to achieve CAADP targets.
For more details download the Ministerial Communique. MS Word Version, PDF Version, Postscript Version
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