Seed4Africa

Programme: Erasmus +

SMART ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR DIGITAL FARMING IN AFRICA

(01/01/2023-31/12/2025) Budget: 398.437,00 €

“According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the world's population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70 per cent. For Africa, which is projected to be home to around 2 billion people by then, agricultural productivity must accelerate at a rate above the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.”

“For decades, African governments have tried to implement policies to improve agricultural productivity, but most farmers only slightly improve their yields. Some still use traditional methods or tools that have not evolved for centuries.”

The project aims to enhance the professional profile of African VET teachers and trainers in the field of agriculture and rural development by offering online, face-to-face and work-based learning opportunities.

To this end, SEED4AFRICA will support the creation of an international network of VET providers in three different countries (Italy, Belgium and Spain) and four sub-Saharan countries (Nigeria, Benin, Kenya and South Africa) with the potential to expand further within the EU, as well as across the Southern African region.

Project activities will promote the improvement of the quality and attractiveness of VET, with a specific focus on smart, digital and sustainable agriculture, in particular through:

Adapt and transfer the results of three good practices funded by the Erasmus+ programme for the design of innovative training approaches and materials in agricultural education, namely: SEED – Smart Entrepreneurial Education and Training in Digital Agriculture; PONICS VET – Agricultural Technician in Hydroponics; LiveAdapt – Solutions for Adaptation of Extensive Livestock Farming to Climate Change.
Adapt and transfer the results of three good practices funded by the Erasmus+ programme for the design of innovative training approaches and materials in agricultural education, namely: SEED – Smart Entrepreneurial Education and Training in Digital Agriculture; PONICS VET – Agricultural Technician in Hydroponics; LiveAdapt – Solutions for Adaptation of Extensive Livestock Farming to Climate Change.
Innovate VET programme offerings by fostering collaboration between educational institutions, public authorities and private companies, notably through the implementation of competition-based initiatives, such as hackathons and innovation bootcamps, where mixed teams of VET students and stakeholders from the agricultural sector will co-design digital and entrepreneurial solutions to societal challenges linked to the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.

Main roles of innogestiona in the project: