Africa University TAGDev 2.0 Program
Africa University TAGDev 2.0 Program
Africa University TAGDev 2.0 Program
About Us
Africa University is one of 12 universities from the continent chosen to implement the Transforming Africa’s Agricultural Higher Education Institutions for Economic Growth & Development program (TAGDev 2.0). This follow-on 10-year program, a collaboration between the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Africa (RUFORUM), Mastercard Foundation, implementing universities and the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA), is upscaling the achievements of TAGDev 101 that was launched in 2016. TAGDev 2.0 leverages multi-stakeholder partnerships to train young entrepreneurs, drive agri-innovation, and implement strategies that improve young people and productivity in targeted agricultural value chains.
Main Goal
To strengthen universities and TVET institutions to better serve communities by skilling and empowering Africa’s young people and their institutions to drive inclusive, equitable and climate resilient transformation of agriculture and agrifood systems.
The Outcomes
Expanded work and other livelihood opportunities for young women and men
The program targets 16 000 participants (including displaced people and persons living with disabilities) to enable access to jobs/decent work opportunities.
Improved climate adaptive agricultural production and productivity of focus value chains
The program will connect and empower 20 000 smallholder farmers and value chain actors to support climate adaptive Technological Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPS).
Strengthened quality of higher agricultural education outcomes
Strengthened quality of higher agricultural education outcomes (e.g training, research & innovation and partnerships) within the agricultural and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Africa University as the main implementing partner in Zimbabwe is working with other institutions including:
The ASEC program is a vehicle of the TAGDev 2.0 program that aims at up-scaling the achievements of TAGDev 1.0.
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