SAGRIS

Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project Funded by the European Commission 2020-2023

Reiter

Enhancement of Postgraduate Studies on Sustainable Agriculture and Future Farming Systems.
Educating doctoral students and future professionals is needed to increase knowledge based solutions for sustainable agriculture and future farming systems. The topic is part of the strategic goals for the innovative development of this sector in the partner countries Russia and Kazakhstan characterized by large agricultural areas and economies. Moreover, the related issues in food security, rural development, natural resource management and climate change mitigation are of cross-regional and international relevance. Agricultural sciences can provide and further develop problem-oriented approaches that become more recognized in the scientific community.

(1) to develop and establish four post-graduate modules at 8 HEIs in different regions to qualify doctoral students on inter- and transdisciplinary contents and approaches relevant for agricultural research and innovation;
(2) to increase the human capacity, literature base and equipment of partner institutions to provide doctoral education according to international standards and best-practices;
(3) to strengthen international and interregional academic exchange and research cooperation among project partners;
(4) to establish a network on doctoral research and education in the agricultural field targeted on the exchange of best practices with a wider audience.

EU – HEI programme country partners
  • Nuertingen-Geislingen University – HfWU (coordinator)
  • Warsaw University of Life Sciences – WULS
  • Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague – CULS
  • DITSL Witzenhausen - DITSL
  • Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu – EMU
RF – HEI regional partners
  • Stavropol State Agrarian University - SSAU
  • Novosibirsk State Agrarian University - NSAU
  • Buryat State Academy of Agriculture – BSAA
  • Yakutsk State Agricultural Academy - YSAA
KAZ – HEI regional partners
  • Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Nur-Sultan - KATU
  • Kazakh National Agrarian University, Almaty - KazNAU
  • Zhangir khan West Kazakhstan agrarian-technology University, Oral - WKATU
  • Baitursynov Kostanay State University - ABKSU
Research institutions and consultative bodies in the partner countries
  • National Centre for Public Accreditation NCPA, Russian Federation
  • Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating IAAR, Kazakhstan
  • National Agrarian Science and Educational Centre NASEC, Kazakhstan
  • Russian Academy of Sciences RAN (including RU research institutions)
Associated partners
  • Ministry of Agriculture of Russian Federation – MCX RF
  • Ministry of Agriculture in Kazakhstan – MCX KZ

Programme: 

Erasmus +

Key action: 

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Action:   

Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE)

Action Type: 

Joint Projects (curriculum development, strengthening of the internationalisation of HEI and the capacity to network effectively in research, scientific and technological innovation)

Project title:   

Enhancement of Postgraduate Studies on Sustainable Agriculture and Future Farming Systems

Project_number: 

610383-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP (2019-2086)

Project_duration:

15-01-20 until 14-01-23