The aim of this Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) project was to provide practical knowledge and skills to specialists, agricultural advisors, trainers of agricultural schools and farm managers in Ukraine and to support the further development of the Ukrainian extension, education and vocational training system in agriculture sector. Overall activities were the establishment and operation of a German Agricultural Training and Information Centre (DAZ) in Ukraine. The agricultural enterprises, extension and educational institutions in Ukraine received better access to information and educational programs about practices and modern technologies for a more efficient, profitable and sustainable management of agricultural enterprises.

General training areas focused on modern cattle and pig production, crop production, fodder production and handling of modern farm machinery. With regard to livestock sector topics were breeding and reproduction management, animal feeding, forage production and conservation, housing, healthcare, welfare, cow comfort, hoof trimming, waste management, milking hygiene and milking technologies.

The target groups of the project were Ukrainian agricultural specialists and executive staff as well as Ukrainian agricultural advisors, teachers and trainers of the Ukrainian education system. More than 1,000 participants attended the training courses every year. From 2009 until 2015 nearly 10,000 participants have been trained in the DAZ centre. Each year a field day with more than 500 participants was organized close at the DAZ centre in Potasch, Cherkassy region, Ukraine.

In addition, the project supported the National Authority of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to modernize educational programs, methodology and contents in agricultural sector.

ADT implemented the project together with the University of Hohenheim/University für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen and DEULA in Baden-Württemberg. About 20 agribusiness companies and members of the association AMTU were provided modern farm machinery, equipment, seeds, animal genetic or other production means for the training and demonstration of modern technologies.