AgroDev

This project team aims to develop the content and mechanisms of higher education, so that the highly skilled specialists better meet the needs of the agro-industrial sector of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. In addition to the development and implementation of the content and the improvement of the study environment, the project contributes to strengthening the cooperation between higher education institutions and agro-industrial enterprises in Central Asia, and enhances the partnership among universities in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and EU countries.

The overall objective is to modernize agro-industry related higher education thus promoting implementation and effective management of sustainable agro-food production systems in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

The project contributes to the achievement of the following specific objectives:

• To modernize agro-food production related study programmes in 4 Central Asia universities     
• To promote availability of knowledgeable and skilful specialists for agro-food production industry
• To develop capacity of academic staff
• To improve study environment
• To strengthen links among universities and agro-food production industry
• To enhance networking among Central Asia’s and EU’s higher education institutions

In perspective, the project will allow regional producers to apply internationally recognized good agricultural practices (GAP), including the conditions and requirements of the Global G.A.P standard, principles, and approaches of sustainable agribusiness management.

This leads to increased efficiency and competitiveness of the industry, supports business development, and provides local consumers with safe food products and clean environment, thus indirectly contributing to regional and rural development.

• Involved universities teachers, management, international relation structures and staff  
• Potential students and their families
• Farm enterprises addressed directly or via their organizations (associations, cooperatives, chambers, etc.)
• Ministries, having relation to the issues targeted by the project: higher education, agro-food production
• National public bodies, such as standardization and certification bodies, food production monitoring institutions, food export promotion institutions etc.

• Detailed needs analysis and inventory of relevant curricula in involved Central Asia universities
• Elaboration of needs based tailor-made study content and teaching materials
• Increase of Central Asia HEIs teaching and technical capacity
• Development of curricula and the project quality assurance tools
• Piloting of the modernized study courses 
• Publicity, dissemination, and exploitation
• Management and coordination 

LLU – Lativa University of Life Science and Technologies

NSU - Naryn State University named after Naamatov

KNAU - Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K.I. Skryabin

SBTSEU – Samarkand branch of Tashkent State University of economics

TSAU – Tashkent State Agrarian University

UAK – University of Agriculture in Krakow

LNU - Linnaeus University

Associates:

Agro Information Center - innovations of Uzbekistan under the Council of Farming Dekhkan Farms and Owners of Household Lands of Uzbekistan

Agrobusiness Association of Uzbekistan

Public Union Association of dairy -cattle breeding „Kyrgyz-Sut“

Agricultural Development Association

This website provides further insights, regular updates and events within the Hilfswerk International project AgroDev. 

agrodev.knau.kg/en/