Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries

The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project builds on the initiatives and achievements under the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in Africa. The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land...

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Autores principales: Amponsah, William, Agyare, Wilson Agyei, Sorho, Fatogoma, Lamptey, Benjamin, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin, Kone, Daouda
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179514
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author Amponsah, William
Agyare, Wilson Agyei
Sorho, Fatogoma
Lamptey, Benjamin
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin
Kone, Daouda
author_browse Agyare, Wilson Agyei
Amponsah, William
Kone, Daouda
Lamptey, Benjamin
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Sorho, Fatogoma
Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin
author_facet Amponsah, William
Agyare, Wilson Agyei
Sorho, Fatogoma
Lamptey, Benjamin
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin
Kone, Daouda
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description The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project builds on the initiatives and achievements under the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in Africa. The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is working with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to build capacities of university lecturers in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and climate information services (CIS). WASCAL has developed curricula in three thematic modules, which includes (i) Soil Carbon Sequestration and Crop Production, (ii) Disaster Risk Management in Crops, Livestock and Aquaculture and (iii) Pest and Disease Management in Agriculture under Climate Change. This report elaborate on training workshops organised in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso, discussing the key observations, lessons learnt and relevant recommendations. The workshops university management and in-person training of 324 participants with 26% female from 12 African Countries. Participants were enthused and expressed their immense gratitude for the opportunity to partake in the training programme through their contributions and queries to the presentations and also providing capacity building for lecturers regarding CSA and CIS. Participants were urged to be more proactive and extend information/education received at the workshops to their colleagues for an all-inclusive knowledge sharing and support movement groups interested in incorporating CSA and CIS into University Curricula. The training workshop also encouraged the involvement and participation of women in discussions and bring them on-board to partake in high-level dialogue processes. A key lesson learnt was for the need to develop a detailed manual for all practical sessions of the modules, especially, with practical case studies peculiar to or practiced by the AICCRA Project Thematic Countries (Ghana, Mali, and Senegal).
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spelling CGSpace1795142026-01-09T02:11:18Z Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries Amponsah, William Agyare, Wilson Agyei Sorho, Fatogoma Lamptey, Benjamin Segnon, Alcade Christel Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin Kone, Daouda climate-smart agriculture climate services-climate information services capacity development-capacity building integrated pest management-integrated pest control The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Project builds on the initiatives and achievements under the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in Africa. The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is working with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to build capacities of university lecturers in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and climate information services (CIS). WASCAL has developed curricula in three thematic modules, which includes (i) Soil Carbon Sequestration and Crop Production, (ii) Disaster Risk Management in Crops, Livestock and Aquaculture and (iii) Pest and Disease Management in Agriculture under Climate Change. This report elaborate on training workshops organised in Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso, discussing the key observations, lessons learnt and relevant recommendations. The workshops university management and in-person training of 324 participants with 26% female from 12 African Countries. Participants were enthused and expressed their immense gratitude for the opportunity to partake in the training programme through their contributions and queries to the presentations and also providing capacity building for lecturers regarding CSA and CIS. Participants were urged to be more proactive and extend information/education received at the workshops to their colleagues for an all-inclusive knowledge sharing and support movement groups interested in incorporating CSA and CIS into University Curricula. The training workshop also encouraged the involvement and participation of women in discussions and bring them on-board to partake in high-level dialogue processes. A key lesson learnt was for the need to develop a detailed manual for all practical sessions of the modules, especially, with practical case studies peculiar to or practiced by the AICCRA Project Thematic Countries (Ghana, Mali, and Senegal). 2025-11 2026-01-08T12:26:26Z 2026-01-08T12:26:26Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179514 en Open Access application/pdf Amponsah, W., Agyare, W. A., Sorho, F., Lamptey, B. L., Segnon, A. C., Zougmoré, R. B., Koné, D. 2025. Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries. AICCRA Report. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
spellingShingle climate-smart agriculture
climate services-climate information services
capacity development-capacity building
integrated pest management-integrated pest control
Amponsah, William
Agyare, Wilson Agyei
Sorho, Fatogoma
Lamptey, Benjamin
Segnon, Alcade Christel
Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin
Kone, Daouda
Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title_full Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title_fullStr Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title_full_unstemmed Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title_short Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in West African Countries
title_sort mainstreaming climate smart agriculture csa and climate information service cis into universities curricula capacity building of stakeholders on three thematic modules in west african countries
topic climate-smart agriculture
climate services-climate information services
capacity development-capacity building
integrated pest management-integrated pest control
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179514
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