University of Hawai’i at Manoa/Agricultural University of Tirana
State:
Hawaii
Country:
Albania
Award Date:
2008
Award Amount:
$299,954.00
Cost Share:
$75,366.00
Other Partners:
These universities are working together to permanently increase Agricultural University of Tirana’s contribution to Albania’s economic development by bolstering the capacity of its Faculty of Economy and Agribusinesses (FEA). The primary project objective is to strengthen the FEA’s capacity to provide quality graduate education and to build institutional capacity for effective training, consulting, and advising to the Ministry of Agriculture, extension agencies, and producer associations.
Specific objectives include: (1) the co-development of a state-of-the-art M.S. curriculum, graduate courses, and instruction approaches in agricultural economics; (2) the strengthening of the applied research and policy analysis capacity of the FEA faculty members and students in agricultural economics; and (3) the co-development and teaching of training modules for extension staff and businesses on topics such as data collection and dissemination, farm management, and market and trade policy analysis.