Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) has today hosted the Mobility for Agriculture International Networks Supporting Thematic Resilience and enhancing Adaption and Mitigation (MAINSTREAM) Project Meeting at Lake Saaka Campus.
MAINSTREAM brings together six Higher Institutions from Uganda, Kenya, Ethopia,South Africa, Togo and Senegal along with one from Germany with specific objectives to deepen consortium connections and joint Thematic operations in the sector of Agriculture and Farm management, supporting inclusive access of peer to peer connections across Africa, increasing the capacity of partner institutions to effectively host and receive international students and to challenge the different higher education systems to instill harmonization in collaborative activities.
According to Prof. Violate Kisaakye the Coordinator for the MAINSTREAM Project, the project is a great opportunity for MMU to intercept the academia with the farmers.
She elaborated that the Project will avail opportunities for the Agriculture Students to be practical while engaging directly with the communities.
According to Prof. John M. Kasenene the DVC Academic Affairs (AA) who also represented the Vice Chancellor during the engagement, the Project provides pathways for institutional modernization and international reforms, leveraging the consortia existing partnership on Agriculture Education and Skills with other public and private organizations.
“This Project will harness our vision of providing innovative and transformative Education, research and community Engagement for social economic transformation and we are grateful to our partners,” he remarked.
Dr. Dragan Brkovic one of the Partners from Weihestephan Triesdore University of Applied Sciences, MAINSTREAM Project offers mobility scholarships to African scholars with the goal to enhance education, skills development and climate change resilience in Agricultural knowledge systems across Africa.
He added that MAINSTREAM targets both tertiary Agricultural education and collaboration with policy and industry leaders to modernize and internationalize agricultural programs.
The Intra- Africa Academic Mobility scheme is EU’s programme to encourage international learning mobility across the African continent to support learning opportunities and exchanges and ultimately promote Africa as an attractive study destination.
By Dorcus Murungi