Beginnings of a trend? Emmanuel Ntirenganya reporting for New Times:
via All AfricaA new project that seeks to ensure that courses taught at institutions of higher learning are directly linked to farmers in their respective communities has been launched.More here
The project will ensure that research carried out at university directly responds to the problems faced by farmers.
The 5-year project dubbed, 'Strengthening Education for Agricultural Development' (SEAD), aims to build up curriculum development in both formal and informal institutions of higher learning, training of trainers, development of research and community outreach and technology.