Eqypt 

Project Name: PHASE II Plant Breeding & Seed Production – Training Programme for participants from developing countries
              Name of Client: Sida
Period: March 2008
Value of project (in millions US$): 0.6 M
Key Experts: Per Andersson, Programme Director
                       Michael Turner, Seed Industry Development Expert
                     Charmaine Lawrence Persson, Programme Administrator
Brief Description of Project:
• To advance the participants’ knowledge in the new dimension of a free market economy for the benefit of the farming community and global food security.
• To advance the participants’ managerial efficiency by increasing their knowledge in all technical elements of a seed industry
• To broaden and develop the participants´ knowledge about agro biotechnology-challenges, problems and possible ways forward
• To enable participants’ to find, use and draw conclusions from sources of information and expertise related to food security and modern plant breeding and seed technology
• To support the participants’ in initiating processes of change in their home environments within the above mentioned fields and enhance their project management and communication skills