The Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD) is a public-private partnership initiative promoted by Makerere University, the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises Limited (NUCAFE), and National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), the University of Copenhagen (UC) and NIRAS International. CURAD is one of the six agribusiness incubators in Africa supported by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa under the UniBRAIN facility with funding from DANIDA.
CURAD is a public-private partnership initiative with the aim of producing innovative young entrepreneurs and agribusiness leaders to champion productivity and profitability of the agricultural enterprises that can spinoff new enterprises. This is an agribusiness innovation incubator geared towards creation of jobs and boosting incomes within the agricultural sector in Uganda piloting with the coffee value chain in the first four years. CURAD is a non-profit company limited by guarantee (certificate no; 144130) established to support profit oriented agribusinesses.
CURAD has organised a training program designed for business incubation managers, SME'S, agribusiness development organizations. Universities & other learning institutions teaching agribusiness stake holders wishing to increase their understanding and know-how of the business incubation process.
The traininig will take place from 5th-7th September 2016 at CURAD, Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute- Kabanyolo
For more information and registration, please visit: http://www.africaain.org/