<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Overview </strong></span>

<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">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:</span>
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 	<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">MSc in Climate Smart Agriculture</span></li>
 	<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management</span></li>
 	<li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">PhD in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">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.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Inauguration of the African Center of Excellence II at the Inter-Continental Hotel, 24-26 October 2016, Nairobi, Kenya</span>