AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries

Through AICCRA partnership and engagement, WASCAL and RUFORUM developed new climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) university course modules, informed by CGIAR science, benefitting over 2,300 university lecturers—29% women—in 37 African countries. These modules were i...

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Autores principales: Segnon, Alcade, Zougmore, Robert
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175025
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description Through AICCRA partnership and engagement, WASCAL and RUFORUM developed new climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) university course modules, informed by CGIAR science, benefitting over 2,300 university lecturers—29% women—in 37 African countries. These modules were integrated into three BSc programs (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) and a newly created MSc specialization (Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Cote d’Ivoire); and informed a new MSc program (Makerere University, Uganda) on Green Economy and Climate Finance, ultimately generating future expertise to transform African agriculture and food systems.
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spelling CGSpace1750252025-11-05T12:23:45Z AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries Segnon, Alcade Zougmore, Robert training climate change adaptation climate-smart agriculture resilience climate services agricultural development agricultural research capacity development knowledge sharing universities curriculum higher education Through AICCRA partnership and engagement, WASCAL and RUFORUM developed new climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) university course modules, informed by CGIAR science, benefitting over 2,300 university lecturers—29% women—in 37 African countries. These modules were integrated into three BSc programs (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) and a newly created MSc specialization (Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Cote d’Ivoire); and informed a new MSc program (Makerere University, Uganda) on Green Economy and Climate Finance, ultimately generating future expertise to transform African agriculture and food systems. 2024-12 2025-06-09T12:42:26Z 2025-06-09T12:42:26Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175025 en Open Access application/pdf Segnon, A.; Zougmore, R. (2024) AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): CIAT. 4 p.
spellingShingle training
climate change adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
resilience
climate services
agricultural development
agricultural research
capacity development
knowledge sharing
universities
curriculum
higher education
Segnon, Alcade
Zougmore, Robert
AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title_full AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title_fullStr AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title_full_unstemmed AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title_short AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries
title_sort aiccra ruforum wascal partnership advances climate smart higher education in africa benefitting over 2 300 university lecturers in 37 african countries
topic training
climate change adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
resilience
climate services
agricultural development
agricultural research
capacity development
knowledge sharing
universities
curriculum
higher education
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175025
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