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INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATIONat the Department of International Environment and
Development Studies (Noragric)
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Institutional partnerships
Through institutional partnerships Noragric maintains and develops the relevancy of its research and education in addressing local and global environment and development issues with a focus on low and medium income countries.
Activities include joint research, joint education activities, staff and student exchange and capacity building.
Some of Noragric’s institutional partnerships are presented in the following slides.
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Ethiopia: Hawassa University and Mekelle University
Research activities with Hawassa University started in 1988. The current programme with both Hawassa and Mekelle started in 1999 and has been implemented in two 5-year phases. The third five-year phase started in 2009.
The cooperation encompasses: Crop science
Environmental rehabilitation and ecology
Soil and water sciences including irrigation
Veterinary sciences
Animal science
Limnology and fisheries
Biodiversity and genetic resources
Social sciences
Food safety
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Malawi: University of Malawi, Bunda College
Joint activities related to the ‘Support to Bunda College Capacity Building Programme’ phase III (2006-2010):
Exchange of staff and students
Advice and support to institutional development including library development at Bunda College
Joint monitoring and evaluation of the programme
Collaboration under the ‘Malawi Agricultural Research and Development Fund (2006-2010):
Joint development and implementation of collaborative research and outreach projects
Participatory monitoring and evaluation of the programme
Joint publication and dissemination of knowledge
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Sudan: University of Juba
The project is called ‘Post-war livelihood and environment studies’ . It is part of NUCOOP, a programme under NUFU-administration that aims to provide assistance to southern Sudanese universities when they according to the The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) move from Khartoum to their home bases in the south. We are in the first phase: 2008 – 2012.
Activities under this project includes: PhD studies:
– War impact on the environment in the southern Sudan
– Wildlife ecology and conflicts between elephants and local farming communities
MSc.: Stipends for junior staff for MSc-studies in neighbouring countries.
‘Minisabbaticals’: Senior staff on 3-months stay at UMB.
Joint research: Conflicts and reintegration of returnees, plant genetic resources, livestock and animal nutrition.
Technical support: books, equipment and laboratory development.
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Tanzania: Sokoine University of Agriculture
1973: Cooperation started with a BSc programme in forestry
1996: Broad cooperation agreement at university level
2000-2005: Food Security and Household Income for Small-holder Farmers in Tanzania (TARPII-SUA)
2005-2009: Programme for Agricultural and Natural Resources Transformation for Improved Livelihoods (PANTIL)
PANTIL:
22 researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH) and the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk) participate in 19 applied research projects
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Tanzania: University of Dar es Salaam
The Institute of Marine Sciences is the focal point of the cooperation at the University of Dar es Salaam.
Objectives: Joint research programmes on marine and coastal natural
resource management
Competence building within both institutions
Enhance cooperation with other institutions in East Africa
To address:
rights and development aspirations of local coastal communities
environmental issues including biodiversity conservation
social issues including gender equality
Disseminate knowledge from cooperative efforts
A new programme addressing climate change is in the pipeline
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Uganda: Makerere University
The current activity is focused on Makerere University’s role as one of the two hosts for the third semester of Noragric’s MSc programme in International Environmental Studies.
Under this activity Makerere University:
takes part in curriculum development
teaches a 15-credit course
hosts UMB’s students at Makerere University’s campus and provides logistical support
provides supervision for students conducting fieldwork in Uganda
provides teaching and reading facilities for students and visiting Noragric staff
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Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) of Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU)
Conservation agriculture is a set of crop husbandry practices characterised by retention of crop residues, minimum tillage, land preparation in the dry season, early and continuous weeding, crop rotation, intercropping, and agroforestry.
The Conservation Agriculture Project (CAP) provides training on conservation agriculture to 120,000 farmers.
Noragric’s role in CAP is: to measure project impacts on target beneficiaries
to assist in measuring project outputs
to assess effects of institutional networking and evaluation
to provide technical advice on monitoring and evaluation
to build local capacity on monitoring and evaluation.
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Nepal: Tribhuvan University
The current activity is focused on Tribhuvan University’s role as one of the two hosts for the third semester of Noragric’s MSc programme in International Environmental Studies.
Under this activity Tribhuvan University: takes part in curriculum development
teaches a 15-credit course
hosts UMB’s students at Tribhuvan University’s campus and provides logistical support
provides supervision for students conducting fieldwork in Nepal
provides teaching and reading facilities for students and visiting Noragric staff
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Pakistan: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)
Collaboration with CIIT began in 2006 at the campus in Abbottabad, with the Departments of Environmental Sciences and Development Studies.
Activities include curriculum development, joint advising, joint research, and staff and student exchange.
Topics include resource management and agriculture, sustainable water and sanitation, post-earthquake recovery, and poverty alleviation.
Recently (2008) an international MSc programme was developed by UMB, CIIT and Tribhuvan University (Nepal) in Sustainable Water, Sanitation, Health and Development.
Additional programmes with CIIT are under development to support research and education activities in Afghanistan.
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South-Eastern Europe: Cooperation with universities in Western Balkan Albania:
• Agricultural University of Tirana
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
• University of Banja Luka, University of Mostar, University ‘Dz.B.’ of Mostar and University of Sarajevo
Croatia:
• J.J.S. University of Osijek
Kosovo:
• University of Pristina
Macedonia:
• University of S.C. & M. of Skopje
Montenegro:
• University of Montenegro
Serbia:
• University of Belgrade and University of Novi Sad
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South-Eastern Europe: Cooperation with universities in Western Balkan
Cooperating institutions in Norway:
Norwegian University of Life Sciences:
• Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences
• Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science
• Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management
• Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
• Department of Economics and Resource Management
• Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric
Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research
