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Inter-institutional links Stanley Marshall Makuza Department of Animal Science University of Zimbabwe. The Department of International relations has the mandate and role to foster collaboration between UZ departments and institutes with outside universities & institutions. Objectives.

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  1. Inter-institutional linksStanley Marshall MakuzaDepartment of Animal ScienceUniversity of Zimbabwe The Department of International relations has the mandate and role to foster collaboration between UZ departments and institutes with outside universities & institutions

  2. Objectives • Staff exchange & development • Student exchange • Teaching and research including joint student supervision • Short training courses • External examiners • Use of field, research and laboratory facilities • Laboratory & equipment procurement particularly vehicles, computers and internet facilities

  3. National links • Agricultural and teacher training colleges are associated / affiliated with UZ and get UZ diplomas & certificates • Faculty of agriculture has national links with AREX Department of the Ministry of Agriculture • Faculty of agriculture has national links with the Ministry of Environment & Tourism • Faculty of agriculture has links with Rio Tinto Foundation, SIRDC, RCZ & ARC • Crop & soil science departments have links with seed houses (Seed-co, Pannar, Pioneer, Cargill, Cottco)

  4. Regional links • Faculty of Agriculture has links with Mananga training centre (Swaziland), RUFORUM, ILRI, CIAT • Zimbabwe is a member of SADC & COMESA

  5. National links with international institutions • The faculty of Agriculture has links with CIMMYT, WAC (ICRAF), The tropical soil biology and fertility programme (TSBF) and relevant NGOs such as WFP, Christian care, World vision, Heifer Project International (HPI) • The faculty of Agriculture has links with embassies such as Belgian, Israel, German (GTZ & DAAD), USAid, French, British (Beit, DFID), Norway (NORAD &NUFU), Canada (CIDA), Australia, Korean, Chinese and Sweden (Sida & Sarec)

  6. International universities linkages • UZ is one of 200 member Association of African Universities (AAU) • Faculty of Agriculture has links with Edinburgh University, University of Reading, Silsoe, Aberdeen University (UK), Michigan State University, Cornell University (USA), Wageningen University (The Netherlands), Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University [RVAU] (Denmark)

  7. International donor linkages • W.K Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) • Ford Foundation • Rockefeller Foundation • FAO, UNDP, UNEP • NEPAD

  8. Constraints to links • Funds • Socio-political & economic environment

  9. Conclusions • We need inter-institutional links at national, regional & international levels • The most successful links have been donor funded

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