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AgroTrain: Digital Skills for New-age Agriculture
Enhancing productivity, sustainability, and innovation of the agricultural sector by integrating digital skills through AgroTrain centres in Ghana, co-funded by the European Union
Establishing 2 AgroTrain centres as centres of excellence for training, material development, networking, and agribusiness incubation.
About AgroTrain
The aim of AgroTrain is to enhance the productivity, sustainability, and innovation of the agricultural sector by integrating digital skills in Ghana's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system.
By defining future skills needed for TVET graduates in the digital era and aligning such skills to the unique local Ghanaian Context, the project will help transform technical education across the region.
Project Objectives
- Establish a network and exchange of good practices (start with 6 partners as a baseline and will be expanded to over 50 partners during project execution)
- TVET system requirements analysis in GH in the Agri-Food sector
- Establish 2 Innovative AgroTrain centres in GH university partners to conduct training and vocational courses
- Design and develop six vocational courses, including eLearning materials, focused on innovative agri-food technologies
- Deliver two courses (both in-person and online) from the six developed courses for students, staff, and professionals
Empowering Agricultural TVET
Building digital skills for the next generation of agricultural professionals in Ghana
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First Staff Development Training in The Netherlands
2026-07-20
The first staff development training programme is currently underway in Hengelo, The Netherlands. The training brings together 26 Ghanaian stakeholders drawn from the three(3) Ghanaian partner institutions. Thus, AAMUSTED, KNUST, and Agrigrowth. The training is scheduled for July 20 - 24, 2026. The training is spearheaded by all consortium partners of the AgroTrain project and is led by AgriWatch BV. The organization of the entire programme is carefully being executed by Dr. Ali Abkar. The sessions are being facilitated by Prof. Emeritus Nanno Mulder. The training programme is also supported by the local project coordinators from Ghana namely Prof. Yarhands Dissou Arthur, the local project coordinator, Prof. Alexander Kwarteng of KNUST, and Mr. Elison Owusu Fordjour of Agrigrowth.
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