Over 220
universities joined the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to expand
learning opportunities and improve policies in the Latin America and the Carribbean,
reports NaijaAgroNet.
This, NaijaAgroNet
gathered is a sign of new
educational partnership of putting knowledge into the hands of thousands of
professionals working in food security and nutrition in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
NaijaAgroNet also gathered that the partnership offers individuals and
institutions the opportunity to gain access to a broad suite of online courses
to develop their capacity to improve policies and programmes.
The initiative, NaijaAgroNet
learnt will offer a new Master’s
programme in Food Security, in addition to e-learning courses currently offered
by FAO. Even as the programme partnership will target current and potential
policymakers through a vast network of over 220 universities in the region.
NaijaAgroNet further gathered that with the support of the European Union (EU), FAO
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of Universities
of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL) to develop the education programme.
Hence, FAO and
UDUAL will work with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA) to develop the curricula. Rollout of the new courses is
slated for January 2015.
Isaac Oyimah/SA/GEE
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