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Welcome to SEMCA-online Case studies and good practices Good Practices in Transforming African Agricultural Universities and Faculties There is a broad consensus on the importance of transforming university agricultural education to make it more relevant to sustainable rural development, and to the changing demands of a globalising world and decentralised, market-driven economies. The universities need to produce graduates with a sense… Read more Update Notes for Transformation received from African universities and networks We need to be constantly receiving information on what you are doing in order to keep the paper on “Transformation of African Agriculture: Examples of Good Practice” up to date. Some universities responded to the call for information by providing the briefing notes below. Others have sent us some detailed… Read more Transforming Mekelle University - from under a tree to a village Mekelle University is located in Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. It is situated in a rural town with close links to agricultural communities. It has grown from 42 students to 7000 full time and 6000 part-time students in the ten years since opening in 1993. The Faculty of Dryland Agriculture and… Read more Innovations in Higher Agricultural Education in Africa: The Case of Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) Programme in Selected Universities and Colleges in Sub-Saharan Africa To a great extent Africa depends on the ability of rural farmers to produce most of the food that feeds the continent. Yet poor, isolated farmers do not have the agricultural information or training they need to increase production and productivity or efficiently manage their resources. More than 75%… Read more Sokoine University of Agriculture: Good Practices in Transforming Higher Education Institutional change is a dynamic process that enables institutions to cope with a changing environment. Institutions of higher learning have in the recent past accelerated the pace of transforming from their historic ivory tower status towards a state that is sensitive and responsive to clients’ needs.… Read more Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Click on any of the active Millennium Development Goal (MDG) icons below to see which items published on this community space relate to a specific MDG.

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