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The West African-German network „Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources Use in West Africa“ - Pro-RUWA (Ruwa means „water“ in Hausa language) aims to train a new generation of regionally and internationally educated young scientists, entrepreneurs, and administrators. Future decision makers in francophone West Africa will be capacitated to jointly overcome bottlenecks in resource overuse and food insecurity at the national and regional level by fostering university education, international relations, regional development, and operational links between the academic, public and private sector. Pro-RUWA builds on existing structures between University of Kassel, and four universities in West Africa that have recently decided to overcome the language barriers and internationalize their graduate education.
- University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin: Faculty of Agronomic Sciences; focus on livestock and agronomy; PI: Prof. Dr. Luc Hippolyte Dossa (dolhip[at]yahoo[dot]com), coordination: Dr. Sandrine Houessou (houessou.sandrine[at]yahoo[dot]fr)
- University of Abdou Moumouni (UAM), Niger: Faculty of Agronomy; focus on agroforestry and agroecology; PI: Prof. Iro Dan Guimbo (danguimbo[at]yahoo[dot]fr), coordination: Dr. Abdoul Aziz Dan Na Inna (abdoulddn87[at]gmail[dot]com)
- University Daniel-Ouezzin Coulibaly (UDOC), Burkina Faso: Institute of Environmental Sciences and Rural Development; focus on soil-plant interactions; PI: Prof. Dr. Desiré J.-P. Lompo (lompodesire[at]yahoo[dot]fr), Prof. Dr. Adama Zongo (zongoadama87[at]gmail[dot]com)
- Institut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée (IPR/IFRA), Mali: Agroforestry Resources Center, focus on agroforestry and nutrient management; PI and coordination: Dr. Siriki Fané (siriki.fane[at]ipr-ifra.edu[dot]ml)
- University of Kassel (UniKs), Germany: Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences; focus on organic agriculture and sustainability education; project lead: PD Dr. Thanh Nguyen (thanh.nguyen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de), co-lead: Claudia Dechamps (c.dechamps[at]uni-kassel[dot]de), financial administration: Buchra Ali (buchra.ali[at]uni-kassel[dot]de)
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