A Partnership in Delivering High Quality Academic Programming in Agribusiness

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A Partnership in Delivering High Quality Academic
Programming in Agribusiness

• By Allen F. Wysocki and James A. Sterns
• Presented to the UF Haiti Working Group
• September 16, 2011

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In todays presentation

• An overview of the project, from inception to
  current status
• Lessons learned to date
• Next steps and future possibilities for
  collaboration

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A Working Partnership

• Faculté d'Agronomie et de Médecine Vétérinaire
  (FAMV - Damien), Université dÉtat dHaïti
• University of Florida
• FRED, AEC, IFAS International Programs
• Higher Education for Development
• USAID Haiti Mission, Education Program Office

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Time Line of Project

• Project Awarded on October 30, 2007
• First visit to Haiti by UF Project Team members,
  for project planning and coordination, July 2008
• Project Team members conduct interviews for Skill
  Gap Analysis, Nov. 2008
• Major Earthquake strikes Haiti, January 12, 2010
• Seven FAMV faculty members visit UF campus for
  pedagogy workshops, late September/early Oct 2010
• Third visit to Haiti by UF Project Team members
  for peer assessment, internship and External
  Advisory Committee workshops, February 2011
• Fourth visit to Haiti by UF Project Team members,
  for additional workshops, and planning of
  outreach activities, July 2011
• Fifth visit to Haiti by UF Project Team members,
  to facilitate on-going activities and plan
  National Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship
  Symposium, December 4 - 10, 2011
• Sixth visit to Haiti by UF Project Team members,
  to participate in National Symposium and project
  Review, February 23-28, 2012

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Lessons learned to date

• Specific to Project
• Pedagogy training has been very well received
  with evidence of improved teaching at FAMV
• Linkages between FAMV and the Private Sector are
  limited but improving
• External Advisory Council
• Student Internships
• Strong interest in entrepreneurship

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Lessons learned to date

• Specific to Project
• Awareness and proactive efforts to address gender
  issues remain a challenge
• Outreach and extension programming that builds on
  FAMV faculty expertise is an unrealized
  opportunity
• USAID local mission is very committed to capacity
  building in higher education

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Next Steps?

• Last six months of project
• December 2011 Planning Visit to PAP
• February 24-25, 2012 National Agribusiness and
  Entrepreneurship Symposium You are INVITED!
• Seeking new project funding
• Extension programming
• Ag Marketing Entrepreneurship Training

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Useful web links

• Project website and depository of project
  documents
• https//elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/site/ca
  c2f7d9-4c57-4719-807c-201a2c33cac8
• HED Website
• http//www.hedprogram.org/

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Project Team at work