AgShare Project

Neil Butcher

Moi University Kenya
United States International University (USIU) Kenya
Makerere University Uganda
Haramaya University Ethiopia
University of Malawi Malawi
Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE ) Eastern, Central and Southern Africa
South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) South Africa
Michigan State University (MSU) USA

Tel No:       +27 11 486-3651
Fax No:      +27 11 646-9800
Cell No:      +27 83 603-7773
Email:        neilshel[AT]icon.co.za

The aim of the AgShare planning and pilot project is to create a scalable and sustainable collaboration of existing organizations for African publishing, localizing, and sharing of teaching and learning materials that fill critical resource gaps in African MSc agriculture curriculum and that can be modified for other downstream uses. At the end of the proposed 18-month planning and piloting project, Michigan State University will catalyze three to six African anchor partners to build the foundation of the AgShare Open Educational Resources collaboration, the final form and leadership of which will be finalized in the planning stage. African agriculture universities, faculty, students, researchers, NGO leaders, extension staff, and farmers will participate in building AgShare by demonstrating its benefits and outcomes and by building momentum and support for growth.

During this planning and pilot phase to, we aim to: (1) establish the foundation of the AgShare collaboration, (2) enable planning and pilot testing to help ensure long-term scalability and sustainability; and to (3) document processes and goals for continuation and expansion.

African agriculture universities, faculty, students, researchers, NGO leaders, extension staff, and farmers.

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