TEMPUS Tacis Projects
MP 23199-2002 Academic Network for Agricultural Extension in the Russian Federation
| Project title: Academic Network for Agricultural Extension in the Russian Federation Project Number: MP 23199-2002 | |
| Contracting Institution | University of Hohenheim |
| Coordinating Institution |
University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. J. Zeddies Institute of Farm Management |
| Project Leader |
University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. J. Zeddies Institute of Farm Management |
| Project Duration | 09/2003 - 08/2007 |
| Origin of Funding | European Commission, TEMPUS - Tacis |
| Project Partners |
1)
Wageningen University, The Netherlands 2) Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy 3) Stavropol State Agricultural University 4) Buryat State Agricultural University, Ulan Ude 5) Novosibirsk State Agricultural University 6) Omsk State Agricultural University 7) Orel State Agricultural Academy 8) Primorskaya State Agricultural Academy, Ussurisk 9) Samara State Agricultural Academy 10) St. Petersburg State Agricultural University 11) Voronezh State Agricultural University 12) Yaroslavl State Agricultural Academy |
| Objectives of the Project |
• promote
the development of Russian Agriculture • provide an opportunity to young consultants and managers of Russian Extension Service to gain new knowledge and skills in consulting • increase the quality of the teaching process by dissemination and introduction of updated teaching approaches, developed and adapted teaching materials, renewed and up-graded syllabi, manuals etc. • establish new Departments/chairs in Russian Agrarian universities combined into a network which will provide training and continuous development of methodology for Agricultural Extension in long-term perspective |
| Description of the Project |
Dissemination of positive achievements of the previously implemented
TEMPUS projects to key Russian Agrarian universities and creation of
a sustainable network of the EU and RF universities in the field of
Agricultural Extension Summary of the Main Features of the Project: The changing in agricultural policy and economic environment in agricultural sector of the Russian Federation has created a need for related changes in the system of higher agricultural education in RF. In a TEMPUS MP the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Russian Federation), the Hohenheim University (Germany) and Wageningen University (The Netherlands) together with 10 Russian key Agrarian Universities intend to co-operate in dissemination of the jointly developed courses and training programmes on Agricultural Extension in framework of several Tempus, REAP, ARIS and other projects to the Russian leading Agrarian universities and, thus, to accelerate the restructuring process of higher agricultural education in RF. The newly established academic network of the Russian universities will sufficiently contribute to sustainable development of Agricultural Extension Service in RF. Younger Russian teachers will receive professional promotion in Germany, The Netherlands and Moscow in order to improve their own abilities and to reinforce the educational staff at the Russian Agrarian universities. In addition teachers from EU and Moscow giving lectures in Russian universities can directly help bridging educational deficits. In support of these activities the distance learning system and modern information technologies will be used for lecturing and development of the teaching materials. The results of the project will be wider disseminated throughout the Russian Federation and CIS countries by means of the final conference, publishing, specially designed web-site, distance learning facilities, etc. Experiences gained by this project can directly be applied to other universities and will, thus, contribute considerably to the transformation of the system of the agricultural education in Russia and CIS. |
| Outcome of the Project |
Ongoing
project until August 2004: Expected Outcomes: • The new courses and programmes on Agricultural Extension developed in framework of the previous TEMPUS projects are adapted for distance learning, disseminated and introduced in the key Russian Agrarian universities. |
| Output (Materials developed) | List will be made available after finishing of the project |
| Project's website | www.heinrich-schuele.de/projekte.htm |