Abstract
Abstract This chapter examines several global trends in tertiary education, drawing parallels, where possible, with trends in African tertiary education, in particular tertiary agricultural education (TAE). The chapter also highlights key challenges in the broader African tertiary education system as the ecosystem within which TAE is situated. It is clear that there are many shared challenges facing global tertiary education, tertiary education in Africa and TAE; some contextual challenges also make TAE unique. In terms of the global trends discussed in this chapter, all five (population size and age shifts, increasing urbanization, rapid and radical technological transformation, climate change and competition for resources, and globalization and shifting geopolitics) have major implications for agrifood systems in Africa and for TAE.
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