Budget
€ 992.950,00
Project
AGRISCALE: Innovative learning and co-creation of teaching methodology for scaling entrepreneurship in food and agribusiness in Sub-Saharan AfricaUNIPV structure involved
Department of Economics and Management, International Relations OfficeUNIPV Team
Prof. Maria SassiProject Duration
3 yearsStart Date: 01 Sept 2020
End Date: 31 Aug 2023Coordinator
Hame University Of Applied Science Ltd, FinlandPartner countries involved: Uganda, Kenya, Zambia,
Partners
Gulu University, Bishop Stuart University, Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology, Egerton University, University Of Zambia, Mulungushi University, Aalto Korkeakoulusaatio Sr
In the AgriSCALE project, the EU HEIs aim to develop a contextualized PBL education method appropriate in SSA. The project addresses the strategic bottleneck of the HEIs to equip graduates with an entrepreneurial mindset and competences to solve complex development challenges in the agro-sector.
The project cooperation is based on PBL methodology development, the training of teaching staff on PBL methods and tools, and joint piloting of PBL cases in cooperation with the student teams involved.
The objective is to establish PBL into the agro-entrepreneur curricula of the partner HEIs in KE, UG and ZM. EU HEIs bring their PBL expertise to the project and all HEIs contribute to student field challenges; Aalto facilitates PBL learning in real-life contexts; Aalto and HAMK co-lead competence-based quality assurance; UNIPV develops the PBL expert teachers network and Best Practice PBL Manual for dissemination to SSA; and HAMK in the overall management and research-based PBL methodology development. At the end of the project, the six participating HEIs will continue the PBL entrepreneurship courses.