Development of Higher Education Content Aimed to Support Industries for Sustainable Production of Qualitative Agri-food Erasmus Project

Project Title

Development of Higher Education Content Aimed to Support Industries for Sustainable Production of Qualitative Agri-food

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project aims to modernise HE content for promotion of development of such national agro-food production systems, where farm-enterprises will apply internationally recognised good agricultural practices and sustainable agro-business management principles and approaches, thus increasing agro-food production industry effectiveness and competitiveness. Overall aim: To modernise agro-industry related higher education thus promoting implementation and effective management of sustainable agro-food production systems in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.Work packages:WP1 Detailed needs analysis and inventory of relevant curricula in 4 involved CA HEIs WP3 Increase of CA HEIs teaching and technical capacity WP4 Development of studies and the project quality assurance and measurement tools WP5 Implementation of the modernised study courses WP6 Publicity, dissemination and exploitation WP7 Management and coordination Main outcomes and outputs:WP1. The joint report – overview on conclusions and recommendations. 2 national workshops with participation of academic-business-public stakeholders organised, 60 participants participated.WP2. 6 study programmes modernised. WP3. 5 study visits held, at least 24 CA universities teachers participated, training of teachers provided, at least 48 teachers’ professional competencies increased. 70 devices for laboratories, 4 sets of study literature (120 books) acquired. WP4. Modernised study programmes’ quality assurance methodology. Sustainability plan. WP5. Pilot studies provided for 6 groups, at least 220 students participated. WP6. 2 national and 1 international event with participation of academic-business-public stakeholders organised, at least 120 participants participated. 12 TV and radio broadcasts, 32 publications, 1 website. Impact: Agro-food industry ensured with professionals having capacities to maintain internationally recognised sustainable agro-food management production systems.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 899012 Eur

Project Coordinator

LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE & Country: LV

Project Partners

• HILFSWERK INTERNATIONAL
• TOSHKENT DAVLAT AGRAR UNIVERSITETI
• UNIWERSYTET ROLNICZY IM. HUGONA KOLLATAJA W KRAKOWIE
• LINNEUNIVERSITETET
• INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION KYRGYZ NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER K.I. SKRYABIN
• S. NAAMATOV NARYN STATE UNIVERSITY
• SAMARKAND BRANCH OF TASHKENT STATEUNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS