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Grace Mudombi-rusinamhodzi
Environmental governance
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Grace Mudombi-rusinamhodzi
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TitleMs.
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GenderFemale
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Country of InterestGermany
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Region of InterestSouth America
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InstitutionUniversity of Kassel
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaEnvironmental governance
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Field of ExpertisePolicymaker
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Thematic AreaEnvironmental governance
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BioGrace is a PhD candidate at University of Kassel, section of International Agricultural policy and environmental Governance (AuPG). She holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics from University of Zimbabwe in collaboration with University of Pretoria (South Africa) where she specialized in Environmental management and natural resources economics. Her work and research interests broadly seek to apply optimal management options that improve profitability of smallholder agricultural production, biodiversity conservation and promote sustainable development. She is also interested in community development, sustainable livelihoods, gender issues and rural development. Between January 2011 and August 2011, she worked as a capacity builder/facilitator for EU/Government of Zimbabwe’s Smallholder Micro-Irrigation Development Support Program (SMIDSP) on Agribusiness and contract farming training. In October 2011-April 2012, she was a Research Fellow for the African Climate Change Fellowship Program hosted under University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Later, as an M&E officer for Ecogronomy. Her PhD topic is Factors affecting commercialization of non-timber forest products for rural households adjacent to protected areas. She is funded by International Center for Development and Decent work (ICDD).
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Georges Djohy
Pastoralism, mobility/migration, land use, climate...
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Georges Djohy
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TitleDr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestBenin
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Region of InterestAustralia and New Zealand
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InstitutionUniversity of Parakou
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaPastoralism, mobility/migration, land use, climate change adaptation, climate smart agriculture, gender and social inclusion in devolve climate financing, endogenous knowledge, local innovation, food systems innovation.
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaPastoralism, mobility/migration, land use, climate change adaptation, climate smart agriculture, gender and social inclusion in devolve climate financing, endogenous knowledge, local innovation, food systems innovation.
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BioGeorges Djohy is a rural sociologist and social anthropologist. He studied Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Parakou (Benin) and holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Göttingen (Germany). He has been involved since 2008 in short and long-term studies among Fulani pastoralists, with a focus on environmental and socio-technological changes. He has interest in climate change, land use, gender, local innovation and grassroots organisation politics, and has (co)-published many articles and contributed to collective volumes. After defending his doctoral thesis, he served at Göttingen Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology (GISCA) as a Research Associate and afterwards held positions and conducted assignments with various international institutions, including the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); the International Network for Promoting Local Innovation (Prolinnova); the French Red Cross Foundation; and the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany. Georges is currently working as a Scientist at the National School of Statistics, Planning and Demography (ENSPD), University of Parakou (Benin). His recent study focuses on climate change, livelihood, structural changes, gender and social inclusion in rural agro-pastoral societies in West Africa.
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Dalitso Kafumbata
Climate mitigation, REDD+, resilience building, ge...
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Dalitso Kafumbata
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TitleDr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestMalawi
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Region of InterestAsia
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InstitutionUniversity of Malawi
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaClimate mitigation, REDD+, resilience building, genetics of climate change adaptation
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Field of ExpertisePolicymaker
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Thematic AreaClimate mitigation, REDD+, resilience building, genetics of climate change adaptation
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BioDr. Dalitso Kafumbata is a biologist with doctorate level training in conservation genetics and holds a faculty position in the Department of Biological Sciences at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. He completed post-doctoral training on managing ecosystem services for food security, nutrition and health of the rural poor at the forest-agriculture interface. His research and professional service spans across ecosystem responses to climate change, fisheries and forestry, tropical lakes and wetlands management and ecosystem services. He has considerable skills and expertise in working with communities at both rural and urban levels applying participatory approaches. He has published several articles in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Kafumbata serves on a number of boards of directors and national technical committees in the environment and natural resources sector in Malawi. He is the past immediate chair of the Malawi REDD+ Program and coordinator of the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences Program in the Faculty of Science. He joined the global network of change agents as a LEAD Fellow in 2012 the same year he was awarded the African Climate Change Fellowship. In 2017, he was honored with participation in the prestigious US International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in sustainable agriculture and environment
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Sambo Armel
Adaptation au changement climatique, variabilité c...
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Sambo Armel
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TitleProf.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestCameroon
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Region of InterestSouth America
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InstitutionUniversité de Maroua
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaAdaptation au changement climatique, variabilité climatique et savoirs locaux, eau, genre et changement climatique
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaAdaptation au changement climatique, variabilité climatique et savoirs locaux, eau, genre et changement climatique
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BioSAMBO Armel est Maître de Conférences au Département des Sciences Historiques, Archéologiques et du Patrimoine de la Faculté des Arts, Lettres et Sciences Humaines (FALSH) de l’Université de Maroua au Cameroun. Il est titulaire d’un Doctorat Ph.D en Histoire de l’environnement. Il est auteur de plus d’une vingtaine d’articles scientifiques qui portent sur l’histoire de l’eau, la gestion des cours d’eau transfrontaliers, l’adaptation au changement climatique , les savoirs locaux et les questions sécuritaires dans le bassin du lac Tchad. Par ailleurs, il est membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes à l’instar du Conseil pour le Développement de la recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique (CODESRIA), de la Société Camerounaise d’Histoire (SCH) et du Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche en Paix, Sécurité et Intégration (CERPSI) de l’Université de Maroua. Il a été lauréat en 2011 des Programmes des Bourses sur l’Adaptation au Changement climatiques en Afrique (ACCFP) et en 2018, lauréat des concours de subvention des Initiatives de recherche pour la Construction de sens (MRI) 2018/2019 du CODESRIA.
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Barasa Bernard
Climate change, GIS and Remote Sensing, Disaster R...
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Barasa Bernard
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TitleDr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestUganda
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Region of InterestAsia
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InstitutionKyambogo university
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaClimate change, GIS and Remote Sensing, Disaster Risk Management
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Field of ExpertiseScientist
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Thematic AreaClimate change, GIS and Remote Sensing, Disaster Risk Management
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BioDr. Barasa Bernard is a Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Geography and Social Studies Kyambogo University Kampala Uganda. The second largest university in Uganda. Bernard, specialised in Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Hydrological modelling and Water Resources Management, Wetland degradation assessment and restoration and project planning and management. These specialities have enabled him work in countries such as Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda among others. By education, he possesses a PhD in Environmental Geography, Msc in Environment and Natural Resources, Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management and Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management. He has also attended over 20 professional short courses in the field of his specialisation
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Victoria Gervas Mwaifunga
Biodiversity and fresh water ecosystems
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Victoria Gervas Mwaifunga
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TitleMs.
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GenderFemale
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Country of InterestTanzania, united republic of
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Region of InterestSouthern Africa
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InstitutionLake Victoria Basin
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaBiodiversity and fresh water ecosystems
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaBiodiversity and fresh water ecosystems
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BioVictoria is a Natural Resources Management specialist with bias in biodiversity and freshwater ecosystem management with credentials and professional training relevant to the expertise. She is a holder of MSc degree in Water Resources Management from UNESCO-IHE The Netherlands. Victoria has 14 years experience working in the natural resources management sector that contributes to broad-based poverty alleviation and improvement of livelihoods of people, by supporting sustainable management of shared natural resources, which many communities depend upon.
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Victoria Gervas Mwaifunga
vickymwaifunga@yahoo.com
Mekonnen Daba
Hydrology and Climate Change Modelling
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Mekonnen Daba
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TitleMr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestEthiopia
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Region of InterestSouth America
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InstitutionOromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bako Agricultural Research Center, Bako, Ethiopia
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaHydrology and Climate Change Modelling
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Field of ExpertiseScientist
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Thematic AreaHydrology and Climate Change Modelling
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BioI am currently a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, within Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture (IEDA), Beijing, China. My current research project is 'Extreme Hydrology and Climate Change Modelling'. The objective of my work is to analyze the impacts of climate change and land-use change on hydrological and water resources by using soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) and GCM outputs through statistical downscaling.
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Mekonnen Daba
dabanok@gmail.com
Adeolu B. Ayanwale
Climate financing, Food systems, Agribusiness
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Adeolu B. Ayanwale
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TitleProf.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestNigeria
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Region of InterestNorthern Africa
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InstitutionObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaClimate financing, Food systems, Agribusiness
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Field of ExpertiseScientist
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Thematic AreaClimate financing, Food systems, Agribusiness
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BioA recipient of START fellowship, I was the socio-economic Team Leader in the AIAAC Climate Change and Food Security project in 2002, also the Socio-economic in the GHG emission study through the ARIEL in 2006. I was a LOC member in the Biotechnology Development and Threat of Climate in Africa Conference as well as the Urban Agriculture, Cities, and Climate Change Conference in 2010 and 2011 respectively. A mentor to faculty in the West Africa Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use (WASCAL) in 2015. Team Leader in CTA’s multi-country project on “Promoting Climate Finance in Agriculture through the NDC processes in Nigeria” 2018-2019. together with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment and the Department of Climate Change.
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aayanwa@yahoo.co.uk
Noah Makula Pauline
Climate Adaptation, Environmental Assessment
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Noah Makula Pauline
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TitleDr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestTanzania, united republic of
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Region of InterestSouth America
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InstitutionUniversity of Dar es Salaam
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaClimate Adaptation, Environmental Assessment
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaClimate Adaptation, Environmental Assessment
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BioDr. Pauline is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Resources Assessment (IRA). He holds a PhD in Geography (Climate Change Adaptation). He has 10 years of experience in consulting and research in eastern and southern African Countries. His area of interest in research and Consultancy are Environmental Management, Natural Resources Management and Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation. He has a special interest in smallholder farmers’ vulnerability, coping and adaptation strategies to climate change (including climate variability) and other stresses. Also looking at how such coping and adaptation may be constrained or enhanced given climate variability and change. Dr. Pauline has been involved in a number of Climate change related projects. He has also been invited and presented papers to various International Conferences related to climate change and variability that has greatly improved and broadened my understanding on these issues. Dr. Pauline has been involved in various Environmental Assessment projects as a consultant and reviewer for a long time.
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Noah Makula Pauline
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Dr. Casim Umba Tolo
Conservation Biology, Ecology/Environment-Climate...
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Dr. Casim Umba Tolo
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TitleDr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestUganda
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Region of InterestCentral Africa
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InstitutionMbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST).
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaConservation Biology, Ecology/Environment-Climate Change
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaConservation Biology, Ecology/Environment-Climate Change
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BioDr Casim Umba Tolo is the Director of Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center (PHARMBIOTRAC), an Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) at Mbarara University, Uganda. He has wide research experience and published articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters in the areas ranging from Conservation Biology, Ecology, Environment, Natural Resources Management, Green Enterprises for Rural Development and Livelihoods, Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. His responsibilities among others include; curriculum development, facilitating professional training, supervision of students, commissioned research/consultancy and conducting community outreach. He holds B.Sc. with Education (Hons), M.Sc. in Biology (Vertebrate Ecology with Wildlife Management and Conservation), PhD in Biology (Palaeo-Climate and Palaeo-Environmental Changes) [MUST], and Post-Doctoral Research with African Climate Change Fellowship Programme (ACCFP), from IRA, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has over seventeen years teaching, research and advisory experience. Dr Tolo gained broad experience through several collaborative research and consultancy work (e.g. Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes) East African Region) with regional and international colleagues in areas ranging from Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Knowledge Systems for sustainable development, Climate Change Risks to Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
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tolocas@must.ac.ug
Happison Chikova
Food Security, Nutrition, Climate change, natural...
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Happison Chikova
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TitleMr.
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GenderMale
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Country of InterestZimbabwe
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Region of InterestEastern Africa
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InstitutionHelp Initiatives for People Organisation
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaFood Security, Nutrition, Climate change, natural resources management,
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Field of ExpertiseScientist
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Thematic AreaFood Security, Nutrition, Climate change, natural resources management,
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BioHappison Chikova holds a BSc Honours Degree in Geography and Environmental Studies with the Midlands State University. Happison is a former climate change fellow funded by the IDRC under the University of Dar Es Salaam. He has published and presented academic and policy papers at the local, regional and intranational level. Happison is currently doing MSc Global Food Security and Nutrition at the University of Edinburgh.
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Happison Chikova
h.chikova@sms.ed.ac.uk
Rutendo
Climate Smart agriculture, Climate information ana...
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Rutendo
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TitleMs.
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GenderFemale
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Country of InterestZimbabwe
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Region of InterestWestern Africa
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InstitutionMinistry of Agriculture
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LanguageEnglish
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Highest Academic QualificationPhD
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Qualification AreaClimate Smart agriculture, Climate information analysis, framisng systems
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Field of ExpertisePractitioner
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Thematic AreaClimate Smart agriculture, Climate information analysis, framisng systems
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BioI am the national agronomist for Zimbabwe and have been working on climate data analysis for improved policy planning as well as resilience for farmers. My area of interest is climate smart agriculture and improving access to climate information by both policy makers and farmers. I am a former ACCFP policy fellow
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