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Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills (AQ TEVET): Project Brief on Lessons Learned and Best Practices of the AQ TEVET Project

author(s) Mantema Munyua, H - Mudege, N - Muzungaire, L - Kakwasha, K - Lundeba, M
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Hilda Mantema Munyua, Netsayi Mudege, Lizzy Muzungaire, Keagan Kakwasha, Mary Lundeba. (21/3/2022). Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills (AQ TEVET): Project Brief on Lessons Learned and Best Practices of the AQ TEVET Project. Penang, Malaysia: WorldFish
Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills (AQ TEVET): Project Brief on Lessons Learned and Best Practices of the AQ TEVET Project

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Abstract

The AQ TEVET project was a complex initiative that was made even more challenging by the restrictions of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. The results from the 3-year 10 months initiative demonstrate that the AQ TEVET scaling model of upgrading the curriculum to ensure graduates from TEVET institutions have the knowledge and practical skills that meet the needs of the aquaculture private sector value chain. The initiative has also 
shown that working through private sector service providers (SMEs and large companies) to provide inputs, markets, extension services, and training to smallholder farmers is viable and scalable. By design, the allocated implementation period is considered too short to attain the goal to

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