(4 November, 2016) An international study programme in agriculture was established in Florence and looks toward Africa. It now has its first set of graduates that will put their competences to use toward rural development of Sub-Saharian Africa. This is a Master course of the Environment and Agricultural Productions Department of the University of Florence organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Italian Development Cooperation agency. The Master programme was established in the 2014/2015 academic year and is taught in English. According to the University of Florence website, 17 students in total graduated from the thesis session attended by the programme director Andrea Pardini and the vice chancellor to international relations, Giorgia Giovannetti. Among them 16 of them carried out a training programme as MAECI fellows, attending lectures, workshops and guided tours at the AICS. The graduates are 6 women and 20 men from Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Mozambique. (Red)
