Agribusiness Enterprise Development Program is a program that scales its reach and impact by leveraging on digital technology to offer online training, hands-on training, mentoring and certification in Agri-business practice. A public-private partnership program implemented under a 3 tier partnership framework between Elkanis & Partners, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo and The Fork-Netherlands
Employees like working for organizations that has a good public image and is constantly in the media for positive reasons. Nearly 70% of employees’ productivity increases by 30% when AEDP is harnessed as social responsibility to facilitate for staff retirement plan.
AEDP as CSR is a thoughtful and practical way to give back to society. When businesses and individuals are conscious of their social and environmental impact on the host community, they can benefit communities by giving back and helping to find solutions to everyday issues such as crime, poverty, curbing host community youth restiveness and creating economic activities in agriculture sector for youths and women leveraging AEDP.
By using AEDP as CSR, businesses can provide positive social values. Consumers are reporting more and more that they are likely to work with companies or purchase goods from companies that are socially responsible. AEDP is a pathway to long-term business growth, resilience and thriving.
To facilitate agribusiness training programs that will increase competitiveness and promote sustainable and inclusive agribusiness growth in Africa.
To become an exceptional centre for agribusiness training and regional Agri-Food capacity development.
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo; is one of the top institution in Nigeria that strongly advocate for agricultural development through continued innovation and improvement. University of Uyo is a Federal Government of Nigeria owned non-profit public higher education institution, officially accredited and recognised by the National Universities Commissions, Nigeria. University of Uyo offers courses and programmes leading to officially recognised higher education degrees in several areas of study. Also a member of Association of African Universities (AAU) and ranked as one of the best universities in Nigeria.
El-kanis and Partners is a Nigerian-based company that develop agricultural intelligence platforms which addresses crop and food specific issues for profitability, increase efficiency and sustainability of agribusinesses.
The New Fork is a Netherland-based company that is on the frontier of technology in Agriculture. The Fork offers technology in agriculture (AgTech) courses in Amsterdam, AgTech in-house trainings and assists companies in the AgriFood industry implementing technology.