Global development

Nicholas Amartey is a social entrepeneur with a passion for agriculture. He is passionate about the transformation of Africa's agricultural production, processing and marketing using the value chain management approach. he uses his knowledge and skills in agricultural value chain development, and entrepreneural spirit to inspire and empower smallholder farmers, young people, companies and organisations to initiate and attain growth.

The Australia Awards Indonesia Agriculture: Productivity, Networks and Globalisation for Dryland Farming (Dryland Farming) Short Term Award was delivered over a four-week period in Australia from 11 April to 6 May 2016 by The University of Queensland’s International Development (UQID) unit.

The Productive Partnerships in Agriculture Project (PPAP) aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa and coffee producers through the improvement of performance and sustainability of value chains in cocoa and coffee-producing areas.

The Managing Social and Environmental Impacts of Mining Africa Fellowship was delivered in 2014 under the Australia Awards in Africa program. UQID partnered with the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) within the Sustainable Minerals Institute, for technical delivery into the seven-week course.

The Australia Awards Indonesia Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Short Term Award was delivered over a two week period in Australia from 23 May to 3 June 2016 by The University of Queensland’s International Development (UQID) unit. The Award was delivered to twenty-four Indonesian bureaucrats from central, provincial and municipal government that included mid-ranking managers and policy planners (Echelons III and IV).

Australia Awards Africa, 2016 Agribusiness Short Course Award participant Meshark Sikuku analysed the camel milk value chain in Garrisa, Kenya.

The ‘Strengthening the Public Policy Making Process: A course for emerging leaders in the Ministry of Finance’ Short Term Award (STA) was conducted in Brisbane, Australia from May 23 to June 3, 2016.

Delivered in Brisbane and Canberra from the 6 to 17 of February 2017, the Award program was delivered to 31 Awardees from three Indonesian ministries working in key areas responsible for implementing a change agenda. The course were designed to enhance the professional skills and knowledge of practical change management to support bureaucratic reform at both at the national planning level and within Indonesia’s National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas).

The purpose of the course was to conduct a train the trainer program for 20-25 public sector implementers and community mobilisers from target organisations to deliver effective farmer education programs.