The Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education for Agri-Food System Transformation in Africa (SHAEA) Project is a unique opportunity for Africans to jointly tackle agrifood system challenges on the continent. The regional initiative is being prepared for implementation in six African countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique) with an overall objective to strengthen linkages between selected African universities and regional agricultural sector needs for developing required human resources to accelerate agri-food systems transformation in Africa
The SHAEA Project Development Objective is “to strengthen linkages between selected African universities and regional agricultural sector needs for developing required human resources to accelerate agri-food systems transformation in Africa.
Component 1: Strengthening Regional Anchor Universities (RAUs) for Agri-Food Systems Transformation
Component 2: Scaling up Impact
Component 3: Project Facilitation, Coordination, and Management
The Project will achieve this through strengthening
- Agri-food related education and training enhanced with transdisciplinary approaches and applied research at selected African regional anchor universities;
- University linkages to the regional agricultural sector - its priorities, needs and stakeholders; and
- University partnerships with public and private entities related to agri-food, both within and outside the region. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)3 has been selected as Regional Facilitating Unit (RFU) for the Project
- Cameroon,
- Côte d’Ivoire,
- Ghana,
- Kenya,
- Malawi
- Mozambique.