SYMPOSIUM THEME
Agribusiness Development and Managing Risk and Uncertainty in African Agriculture: The role of Tertiary Agricultural Education
Symposium Subthemes
Subtheme 1:
Analysis of Agribusiness and risk management
· Curriculum content
· Teaching/research capacity and experiences
· Learning resources
· Emerging issues
Subtheme 2:
Analysis of Ecosystem sustainability and climate change
· Deforestation and land degradation
· Optimizing and sustaining ecosystem functionality
· Climate change risks
· REDD+ programmes and forestry
Subtheme 3:
Policy, Institutions and Curriculum reforms for relevance
· Setting the purpose of TAE
· Investing in TAE (institutions and funding)
· Agriculture in poverty reduction strategies
· Gender and youth
· Enhancing networking and knowledge sharing for the transformation of agricultural education
Analysis of Agribusiness and risk management
· Curriculum content
· Teaching/research capacity and experiences
· Learning resources
· Emerging issues
Subtheme 2:
Analysis of Ecosystem sustainability and climate change
· Deforestation and land degradation
· Optimizing and sustaining ecosystem functionality
· Climate change risks
· REDD+ programmes and forestry
Subtheme 3:
Policy, Institutions and Curriculum reforms for relevance
· Setting the purpose of TAE
· Investing in TAE (institutions and funding)
· Agriculture in poverty reduction strategies
· Gender and youth
· Enhancing networking and knowledge sharing for the transformation of agricultural education