The University of Cape Coast is participating in a Call for application for funding for a project dubbed “Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education for Agri-Food System Transformation in Africa (SHAEA)”. The SHAEA Project is a US$30million, five-year regional initiative that is being developed by the World Bank in partnership with African governments and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).

The main objective of this proposed project is to develop competent and relevant human resources required to accelerate agri-food systems transformation in Africa through strengthening:

(i)                  agri-food related education and training enhanced with transdisciplinary approaches, experiential learning and applied research at selected African regional anchor universities;

(ii)                (ii) university linkages to the regional agricultural sector - its priorities, needs and stakeholders; and

(iii)               (iii) university partnership with private and public entities related to agri-food both within and outside Africa

If successful, UCC will become the Regional Anchor University (RAU) to lead the preparation of skills and capacity to transform African agriculture and national economies and to embrace systemic change that addresses the chronic lack of relevant, high-level skills in Africa.