UPLIFT-Ag
Universities Promoting Linkages For Impactful Training, Innovation and Technology Transfer in Agriculture
Agricultural universities in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zimbabwe are expected to offer top-notch education, research, and tech transfer. However, their curriculum doesn't meet employer needs, and they use ineffective teaching methods. They lack meaningful industry relations for effective teaching, research, and tech transfer. Also, they struggle to identify, protect, and commercialize intellectual property. Few have incubation centers and tech transfer offices, often underperforming. The "UPLIFT-Ag" project aims to boost their effectiveness by strengthening ties with agriculture stakeholders and introducing better teaching methods, including co-teaching with industry.
Project schedule
1.Work package
Project management and coordination under consideration of ethical guidelines, social inclusion and gender equality.
2.Work package
Higher education institutions partnerships and collaborations with industry for effective teaching, research and technology transfer. This includes, for example, the organization of forums, conferences and the development of strategies.
3.Work package
Improved teaching methods and innovative agriculture teaching curricula. Problems are identified, solutions developed and reforms implemented.
4.Work package
Innovation and entrepreneurial capacity strengthening through the development of guidelines, frameworks and sustainable business models as well as the management and commercialisation of university intellectual property.
5.Work package
Effective communication, dissemination and presentation of the project. Stronger networking of African higher education institutions with industry, research and technology transfer institutions and European higher education institutions.
Project activities
Partners & HNU Team
Partners
UPLIFT-Ag is coordinated by Kenyatta University and takes place in cooperation with numerous partner universities.
- Kenyatta University, Kenya (external link, opens in a new window)
- Chuka University, Kenya (external link, opens in a new window)
- Taita Taveta University, Kenya (external link, opens in a new window)
- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe (external link, opens in a new window)
- University of Lay Adventists of Kigali, Rwanda (external link, opens in a new window)
- University of Rwanda, Rwanda (external link, opens in a new window)
- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe (external link, opens in a new window)
- University of Ngozi, Burundi (external link, opens in a new window)
- Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy (external link, opens in a new window)
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark (external link, opens in a new window)
Funded by Erasmus+ with funds from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
