Workshop | Climate-smart agriculture curricula for African universities
Development of relevant curricula on climate-smart agriculture and climate information services for staff, students and other stakeholders in universities in Africa.
Background
The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa project (AICCRA) working through CCAFS, intends to make CGIAR-led cutting-edge science practices/technologies/tools available throughout Africa; especially in sub-regions extremely vulnerable to climate change.
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 148 universities in 38 countries spanning the whole African continent is a partner in the AICCRA project.
RUFORUM’s contribution in the AICCRA project is focused on mobilising African universities, create awareness and enhance the use of CSA and CIS knowledge and products developed by the CGIAR Centres and other research institutions engaged in CSA and CIS.
Enhancing the use of CSA and CIS involves capacity, knowledge and technology audits at national and institutional level, mobilise CGIAR and other research centres to provide CSA and CIS knowledge, technology and skills and training of faculty to deploy the CSA and CIS products in training, research and outreach. Knowledge transfer and capacity building activities therefore form the central part of RUFORUM’s participation in the AICCRA project.
RUFORUM undertook a national and institutional scoping study to identify gaps in CSA and CIS in Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Further, the study focused on review and compilation of an inventory of existing academic programmes & courses related to CSA / CIS and the potential resource persons in the universities.
The study revealed that CSA clusters vary from one country to another, but the dominant ones include Land Restoration and Agroforestry system (LRA) as the priority area number one, followed by Crop diversification CD, Water Harvesting and Management-Small scale irrigation (WHM) and Livestock & Aquaculture Management-LAM.
The team thus, through consultation with different stakeholders identified seven priority areas for the development of training materials to create awareness and build capacity at the university level.
The initial steps have been taken to identify resource persons and the drafting of course outlines and course materials where feasible on an ongoing basis.
It is against this background that RUFORUM has organised a workshop for the development and refinement of CIS/CSA training materials to be used across the RUFORUM Network.
The workshop will take advantage of existing expertise, knowledge and innovations developed by the CGIAR and other global partners to enrich the courses and or adopt existing programs that focus on the CSA and CIS prioritised areas.
The workshop will provide peer to peer support and get insights from CGIAR centres such as IRI, ILRI, Alliance CIAT and other partners under the AICCRA program, to form the building blocks for a program to train university staff for possible integration of CSA/CIS in the academic curriculum that are currently running.
AGENDA
12 - 15 July 2022
Nairobi Safari Club, Kenya
Day 1: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS |
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08:30 – 9:00 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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9:00 – 9:10 |
Welcome Remarks, Background and objectives of the Workshop |
Dr. Florence Nakayiwa Mayega, RUFORUM |
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9:10 – 9:20 |
Remarks from the ESA program Lead |
Dr. Solomon Dawit, ILRI |
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9:20 – 9:30 |
Remarks from WASCAL, West Africa |
Prof. Doada Kone |
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9:30 – 9:50 |
Presentation of the Scoping Study Report |
Prof. Jackson Majaliwa Mwanjalolo, RUFORUM |
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9:50 – 10:00 |
Open discussion of the Scoping study report |
All participants |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
HEALTH/COFFEE/TEA BREAK |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Presentation of CGIAR knowledge and products on CSA and CIS ( Basic CSA-CIS) |
Porf. Berhanu Belay |
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11:00-11:30 |
Open discussion on the CGIAR CSA and CIS products |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Pedagogy - Designing curriculum as standalone and integration of modules in existing curriculum- format and target audience |
Prof Betty Ezati |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Open discussion on Pedagogy |
All participants |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
Loyce Angoku, RIFORUM |
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13:30 – 17:30 |
Policy dimensions under AICCRA |
Laura Cramer |
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CSA Knowledge Products |
Mathieu |
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CSA-CIS Extension Services |
Desire Kagabo |
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Health/Coffee/Tea Break |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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IRI’s CSA and CIS knowledge products and services |
Dr. Tufa Dinku |
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IRI Approach to Education and Training in Climate Risk Management for Agriculture |
Dr Walter Baethgen/Amanda Grossi |
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Curriculum Modules for Professional Training Graduate Level Education |
Dr. Jim Hansen |
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General Discussion |
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18:00 |
Closure of the day and the activity plan for day two – Refinement of training modules |
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Day Two: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS |
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08:00 – 9:00 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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9:00 – 9:20 |
RECAP of Day 1 |
Dr. Anthony Egeru |
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9:20 – 9:40 |
Presentation of Module on CSA and CIS-oriented technologies and extension strategies |
Dr. Oliver Vivian Wasonga, University of Nairobi |
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9:40 – 10:00 |
Open discussion of the Module - Module on CSA and CIS-oriented technologies and extension strategies |
All participants |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Health Break |
Loyce Angoku, RIFORUM |
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10:30 – 10:50 |
Presentation of the module on Cost-effective renewable energy and biogas production |
Prof. Katcho Karume, Catholique Evangelique en Afrique, DRC |
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10:50 – 11:20 |
Open discussion on the Module Cost-effective renewable energy and biogas production |
All participants |
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11:20-11:40 |
Presentation of Module on Crop-livestock aquaculture integration |
Dr Chabi DJAGOUN, University of Abomey Calavi, Benin |
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11:40-12:10 |
Open discussion of the module on Crop-livestock aquaculture integration |
All participants |
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12:10-12:30 |
Presentation of the module on Indigenous and local trees-based agroforestry systems |
Prof Achille Assogbadjo, University of Abomey Calavi |
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12:30-13:00 |
Open discussion of the module Indigenous and local trees-based agroforestry systems |
All participants |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
Loyce Angoku |
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14:00 – 14:20 |
Presentation of the module on Policy reviews and coordination at local, national and regional institutions in support of CSA and CIS |
Prof. Chrispen Murungweni, Zimbabwe |
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14:20-14:40 |
Open discussion on the module on Policy reviews and coordination at local, national and regional institutions in support of CSA and CIS |
All participants |
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14:40-15:30 |
Commentary/Presentation on the approach to the Training of Trainers at the university level |
Curriculum Expert TBI |
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Q&A |
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15:30- 18:00 |
Refining of Training Materials |
All participants |
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18:00 |
Closure of day two and activities for day three |
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(AU-NEPAD 2016, Sibyl 2016, FAO 2021)
Day Three: Thursday 14th July 2022
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS |
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08:00 – 9:00 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
RECAP of Day 2 |
Dr. Anthony Egeru |
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9:30- 9:50 |
Presentation of the module on Nutrients and water management in crop production |
Dr. Zelalem Bekeko, Haramaya University, Ethiopia |
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9:50 – 10:30 |
Open discussion on the Module Nutrients and water management in crop production |
All participants |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
HEALTH/COFFEE/TEA BREAK |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
WASCAL – Activity plan and modules- integrating Gender in training modules |
Ptof Daouda Kone |
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11:20 – 11:30 |
Discussion |
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12:00 -13:20 |
Refined Curriculum Improvement areas- presentation |
All participants |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
Loyce Angoku, RIFORUM |
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14:00 – 14:20 |
Presentation on the approach to the Training of Trainers for next users |
Dr. Ashley Curtis Amanda Grossi |
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14:-20- 15:20 |
Open discussion on the approach to the Training of Trainers for next users |
All participants |
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15:20 – 15:30 |
Health/Coffee/Tea Break |
Loyce Angoku |
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15:30 – 17:30 |
Refined Curriculum Improvement areas- presentation |
All participants |
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18:10 – 18:20 |
Closure of day three, activities for day Four and next steps |
Dr. Alice Mutiti Mweetwa |
Day Four – Friday 15th July 2022
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TIME |
ACTIVITY |
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS |
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08:00 – 9:00 |
Arrival and registration of participants |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
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9:00- 10:00 |
Next Steps - Program and logistics for Training of Trainers- |
Prof. Majaliwa |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
WORKING TEA |
Loyce Angoku, RUFORUM |
Mid-morning- Afternoon - Visit to CSA and/or CIS demonstrated technologies and innovations (Prof Wesonga/Dr Egeru)
Agenda - Development of Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Information System Relevant Curricula for Staff, Students and other stakeholders in Universities in Africa
Downloads
- AICCRA-RUFORUM-Program.pdf (189.66 KB)