Sri Lanka
PHASE II Plant Breeding & Seed Production – Training Programme for participants from developing countries
Name of Client: Sida
Period: February – March 2012
Value of project (in millions US$): 0.6 M
Key Experts:
Per Andersson, Programme Director
Rutger Persson, Seed Industry Development Expert
Hemal Fonseka, Director, Horticultural Crop Research and Development Institute
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
To advance the participants’ knowledge in the new dimension of a free market economy for the benefit of the farming community and global food security.
To advance the participants’ managerial efficiency by increasing their knowledge in all technical elements of a seed industry
To broaden and develop the participants´ knowledge about agro biotechnology-challenges, problems and possible ways forwa
To enable participants’ to find, use and draw conclusions from sources of information and expertise related to food security and modern plant breeding and seed technology
To support the participants’ in initiating processes of change in their home environments within the above mentioned fields and enhance their project management and communication skills
PHASE II Plant Breeding & Seed Production – Training Programme for participants from developing countries
Name of Client: Sida
Period: February – March 2009
Value of project (in millions US$): 0.6 M
Key Experts:
Per Andersson, Programme Director
Michael Turner, Seed Industry Development Expert
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