The first batch of the Doctoral students who pursued
WASCAL’s programme in Climate Change and Agriculture at Institut
Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliiquee de
Katibougou (IPR/IFRA), Mali in collaboration with the University of
Science and Technology, Mali and University of Cape Coast(UCC), Ghana
have graduated.
Nine out of the ten students successfully
graduated after four years of a fully sponsored Doctoral programme by
WASCAL, with support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF). The programme was designed to build the capacity of
young scientists to implement strategies towards mitigation and
adaptation to the negative effects of climate change in Agriculture.
In
a congratulatory speech, Professor Amoro Coulibaly, Director of the
Programme admonished the granduants to go out and act as ambassadors of
WASCAL as they work hard to help combat the negative effects of climate
change in West Africa. Granduants expressed gratitude to WASCAL and BMBF
for the opportunity given them.
WASCAL is committed to training experts for West African countries to combat the adverse effects of climate change.
