Alabama A&M News
November 10, 2010
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CONTACT: Jerome Saintjones, 256.372.5607
Grant Targets Budding Entrepreneurs
Huntsville, Ala. ---- A nearly $600,000 federal grant awarded to Alabama A&M University will help launch a new generation of young businesspeople.
The three-year project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for $598,515. Housed under A&M's Department of Agribusiness in the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the grant focuses on "Microenterprise-Centered Rural Development Strategy: An Education Program for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs."
Dr. James O. Bukenya, the principal investigator for the project, is ably assisted by Drs. Eric Nyako, Buddhi Gyawali and Swagata Banerjee.
The project will support the creation of a new cohort of entrepreneurs through unique training for postsecondary and high school students, using workshops, summer camps and experiential training, notes Bukenya.
One of the major activities, he says, is developing "a regional youth training program" in cooperation with selected high schools in north Alabama and in the Black Belt Region, where many AAMU students are recruited.
For additional information, contact Dr. Bukenya at (256) 372-5729.
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