Higher Education for Food security and Environmental Sustainability in Eritrea (HEFSESE)

The major challenge is the transformation of agricultural higher education institutions (AHEIs) into dynamic promoters of change within their environments. This will require from AHEIs to abandon the long-established traditions of academic isolation and become active contributors to sustainable agricultural and rural development through innovative teaching and research to improve efficiency of resource use to improve efficiency of resource use – e.g. more crop per kg of nutrients, more crop per drop of water, more crop per unit of energy, and higher productivity per unit labour in order to increase agricultural productivity, close yield gaps, achieve maximum sustainable yield in farms of both crops and livestock.

The overall objective of this project is to support the development of sustainable institutional capacity in HAC through enhancing the of teachers methodological and pedagogical competencies, strengthening curriculum and training of staff. Only then, HAC will be capable of to contribute to development of society, economic growth and sustainable development of Eritrea.

This project is expected to improve the pedagogical capacity of the teachers which will contribute to the skills and knowledge of the graduates.