New and Innovative Courses for Precision Agriculture Erasmus Project

Project Title

New and Innovative Courses for Precision Agriculture

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

NICOPA is aimed to modernize curricula in precision agriculture using new technologies – Geographic Information System/GIS, big data, remote sensing- through analyzing and updating existing curricula according to educational needs; developing new certified curricula according to the new achievements in the area, the labor market demands and the Bologna Process; to test innovated curricula and to disseminate the results. NICOPA consortium consists of 16 partners plus 4 associated partners with the required expertise, educational skills and business connections. The outputs/results and products are: • Review of the current curricula in precision agriculture through analysis, •Agreement on instructional strategy and guidelines for BA/MSc curricula design including the use of new Educational Technologies • A set of new core curricula and transferable modules including innovative teaching facilities •Updated current two cycle curricula and programs in precision agriculture according to the Bologna requirements and the new developments • Developed, implemented and accredited new practice oriented, student- focused core, and transferable curricula including ECTS • Bringing the Higher Education Institutions of DZ closer to labor market. Besides that innovative teaching facilities: a new equipped laboratory PAL, a class VCR, a Precision agriculture using sensing data Service Office PASO. Focus on the content, agreed structure, new instructional strategy and the use of new educational technologies with regard to the European modernization agenda for higher education will as a whole function as the envisaged impact.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 999847 Eur

Project Coordinator

SEIFULLIN KAZAKH AGRO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY & Country: KZ

Project Partners

• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN
• SHOKAN UALIKHANOV KOKSHETAU STATE UNIVERSITY
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
• EXOLAUNCH GMBH
• TOSHKENT IRRIGASIYA VA QISHLOQ XO JALIGINI MEXANIZATSIYALASH MUHANDISLARI INSTITUTI
• TURKMEN OBA HOJALYK INSTITUTY
• TOSHKENT AXBOROT TEXNOLOGIYALARI UNIVERSITETI