On August 20-22, two Virginia Tech-funded programs hosted a regional workshop in Kampala, Uganda on agricultural capacity building in post-conflict countries. Workshop participants shared their experiences in agricultural education and training development work in South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Virginia Tech-managed and USAID-funded Innovation for Agricultural and Education (InnovATE) project and Rebuilding Higher Education in Agriculture: South Sudan (RHEA) project, in partnership with Team Africa and World Bank, conducted the workshop in order to produce guidelines for agricultural professionals working in post-conflict environments. Read more on our news page here.

Agenda

Presentations

Building agricultural capacity in postconflict countries: Case studies from South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa

Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Agricultural Education

TEAM-Africa Tertiary Education for Agriculture Mechanism: Building agricultural capacity in Sub-Saharan post-conflict countries Regional case study

Post-Conflict and Protracted Crises: FARA Perspective

Building Agricultural Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries: Case study of National University of Rwanda, Faculty of Agriculture

Rwanda: Rebuilding Agriculture Education After 1994 Genocide

Building Agricultural Capacity in Post-conflict Countries: Case Studies from South Sudan

South Sudan: Management of Research, Teaching and Innovation in Agricultural Sciences

Post Conflict Agricultural Development in Ethiopia: General Overview

Building agricultural capacity in postconflict countries: Case studies from South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa

Building Capacity of the Post Conflict Countries – Ruforum Experience and Current Thrusts

Rebuilding Agricultural Capacity in Post Conflict Countries: The Liberian Experience

Building Agricultural Education and Training Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries: Case Studies from South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa