Since 1993, the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) has been supporting the development and management of graduate education in Agroforestry (AF). The support has been in the form of developing curricula, training of lecturers in AF and thesis research fellowship to graduate students. Some universities have developed separate AF programmes, while others have incorporated AF into existing postgraduate programmes. A few universities have chosen to only allow thesis research in AF without any coursework in the subject-matter area. In all these arrangements, AF is growing as a science and an area of specialisation.
The major objective of the curriculum evaluation and review study was to assess the content of AF in postgraduate programmes offered in educational institutions and evaluate its delivery. The specific objectives were to:
- establish the current state of postgraduate AF education programmes at each institution and assess the effectiveness of its delivery
- assess the teaching capacity and quality of teaching facilities in the institutions teaching postgraduate AF education in sub Saharan Africa.
- document the current popularity/demand for post graduate AF programmes in order to project the future needs; and
- make recommendations on future actions by concerned universities, ANAFE and other stakeholders.
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