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					<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Overview </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (Climate SABC) at Haramaya University, established with financial support from the World Bank, provides a new opportunity for African students to enroll in a trans-disciplinary post-graduate study conducted by a truly global faculty in the following programs:</p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>MSc in Climate Smart Agriculture</li><li>MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management</li><li>PhD in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">Through this new program, we expect to further advance our educational and research programming in the fields of agriculture and biodiversity to greater heights. The Center is aimed at producing skilled human capital for Africa to tackle challenges posed by climate change through quality post-graduate training and research in partnership with universities across the Eastern and Southern Africa regions as well as with other higher learning institutions in the World. The Center became operational in January 2017.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ACE-1-Inauguration-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="212" /> <img src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ACE-2-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="323" height="215" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Inauguration of the African Center of Excellence II at the Inter-Continental Hotel, 24-26 October 2016, Nairobi, Kenya</p>
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					<p>Partners to be engaged in collaborative training and research programs of the Center include the following:</p><ul><li><strong>Regional peer universities</strong> (Makerere University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Juba University, Gezeira University, Abomey Calavi University).</li><li><strong>National peer universities</strong> (Bule Hora University, Hawasa University, Jigjiga University, Jimma University, Maddawalabu University, Mekelle University, Oda Bultum University, Samara University).</li><li><strong>Advanced knowledge centers</strong> (Purdue University, Wageningen University and Research Center, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen University).</li><li><strong>National research institutions</strong> (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute).</li><li><strong>International research institutions</strong> (International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry land Areas [ICARDA], International Livestock Research Institute [ILRI], International Water Management Institute [IWMI], IFPRI, CIMMYT, Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [RUFORUM], Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa [ASARECA]), <strong>and national and international private sectors.</strong></li></ul>
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					<p style="text-align: justify;">ACE provides a trans-disciplinary post-graduate study conducted by a truly global faculty in the following programs:</p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>MSc in Climate Smart Agriculture</li><li>MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management</li><li>PhD in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">Training will be provided through carefully designed curricula with both coursework and interdisciplinary research supervision provided by faculty from Haramaya University, as well as from other universities in the Eastern and Southern African region and other parts of the world. The Master’s and PhD dissertation research will be guided to focus on generating climate smart agricultural technologies, intensifying agriculture, promoting and enhancing practices of climate smart agriculture, and exploring and enhancing biodiversity for sustainable conservation and utilization. Research topics will address regional priority areas (crop; livestock; soil and water; policy; institutions and innovation; agricultural information and communication; natural risk management; biodiversity and ecosystem management; agricultural and applied economics). In addition, short term training programs will be provided to various stakeholders and partners, including technical staff, students, and faculties from regional, international, and national partners aimed at enhancing the region’s capacity in climate smart agriculture and biodiversity conservation.</p>
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