Linkages with the private sector and this partnership strengthened Makerere University’s (MU) ability to provide agribusiness management. The partners established an Agribusiness Advisory Committee to develop private sector links with MU faculty. The Ohio State University and MU developed six business case studies for classroom use, and private sector agribusiness managers provided 12 classroom lectures about their businesses.

The partners convened a capstone workshop to disseminate the new model of training based on partnerships between MU and the private sector and discussed improvements for the training model. The program’s success led MU faculty to establish an undergraduate program in agribusiness, create internships at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Agriculture, and culminated in the department’s name change to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness.