The SEED4AFRICA curriculum was designed by combining learning outcome units developed in projects carried out by EU partners and finalised after their validation and integration with local focus groups and on-site visits in three African partner countries: Benin, Kenya, and South Africa.
The best practices that contributed to the development of the SEED4AFRICA training courses include:
The SEED4AFRICA course is structured around bi-weekly interactive online sessions, each lasting 1–2 hours, followed by 8 hours of self-managed training and activities for each module.
The course ran from January to June 2024, for a total duration of 50–60 hours, and involved at least 10 students per trainer in the co-creation of innovative entrepreneurial ideas in agriculture.
The first module, consisting of nine units on topics such as climate change, sustainable agriculture and hydroponics, was delivered primarily online through the project’s Moodle platform.
The second module focused on agricultural business simulation, requiring each trainer to involve at least 10 students in identifying a product or service that could address a tangible local need, followed by market analysis and the creation of a full business canvas.
These are the business ideas developed thanks to the SEED4AFRICA course:
The training courses will be developed within the project and they provide a Train of Trainers workshop and a Blended Course.
Train the trainers workshop, will be organised in Spain and will be addressed to 2 experienced trainers, from each piloting partner, with the support of other EU partners. The training aims at developping the capacity of VET teachers to understand and transfer to students the main concepts of twin transformation applied to in environmental and agricultural study programmes in Africa.
The Blended Course, on smart entrepreneurial education in digital farming for teachers, will be organised after the ToT Workshop in Spain. It will include:
- 10 hours self-paced online or remote offline study each month for a total of 50 hours;
- Weekly webinars and/or events for the presentation and analysis of case studies, virtual tours of innovative companies and matchmaking sessions with the participation of African and EU VET teachers and trainers;
- 5 one day long face to face seminars to offer practical training on the field to the participants.
