ISHS Acta Horticulturae 204: Postgraduate Training for development, XXII IHC
SOME PROBLEMS IN POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN HORTICULTURE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD |
| Author: | A.M. Osman |
| Abstract:
Most postgraduate students in horticulture from developing countries are from a tropical background and they receive training in developed countries found mostly in a temperate environment. A number of issues, among which the relevance of the training, arise from this fundamental environmental difference. Another problem of importance is the high costs of postgraduate training. These problems are discussed and some suggestions are proposed to obviate these difficulties namely, the introduction of special modules in the programme of studies, partial home-based environmentally-related training, university to university and university to international research institutions based in developing countries link arrangements, joint internal/external supervision, the lowering and remission of fees, the provision of subsidy as part of aid and other programmes by donor government, the increasing of assistance by international agencies and of the number of awards and the pooling of resources by institutions in the developing countries. | |
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