Building agribusiness capacity in East Timor (BACET)

The USAID Building Agribusiness Capacity in East Timor (BACET) program was extended for three additional years in September 2008. Land O’Lakes gathered feedback from the Ministry of Agriculture, USAID, teachers and students and immediately initiated enhancements to improve the curriculum previously developed to reinforce practical and market-oriented skills. The program goal has been restated as follows: Prepare graduates to be problem solvers and begin careers in the field of agriculture as agribusiness entrepreneurs, agricultural extensionists and agricultural middle managers to help benefit communities within Timor Leste.  Over the course of the recent months, BACET focused on curriculum improvements and related changes to the ways the teachers teach.