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INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION

INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION. at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric). Institutional partnerships. Central to Noragric’s activities, closely linked to research and education.

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INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION

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  1. INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)

  2. Institutional partnerships • Central to Noragric’s activities, closely linked to research and education. • Joint research and education activities, staff and student exchange, capacity building. • Agreements with > 30 partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America, South Eastern Europe, incl. universities, civil society organisations, research foundations and public institutions. • Long-term academic cooperation in Africa includes Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania; in Asia: Nepal, Pakistan; in Europe: South-Eastern Europe. • Full list of partners on Noragric website: www.umb.no/noragric • Some examples on the following pages…………….. Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  3. Ethiopia: Hawassa University and Mekelle University Institutional collaboration between Mekelle and Hawassa universities (Ethiopia) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. An academic partnership for improving livelihoods. (Research activities with Hawassa University started in 1988). Funded by: Royal Norwegian Embassy/Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Renewed project period: 2010-2015 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 Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  4. 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) • 2010-2014: Enhancing Pro-poor Innovations in Natural Resources and Agricultural Value-chains (EPINAV) • 2010-2014: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) • Two-month field course offered for Noragric’s Master students in third semester of studies. Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  5. 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. UDSM is also partner in the CCIAM programme (see previous slide). Collaboration includes: • 5-year SIU/NUFU fundedproject ”Coastal Fisheries of Tanzania” • Joint research, education and training • Focus areas: • rights and development aspirations of local coastal communities • environmental issues including biodiversity conservation • social issues including gender equality Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  6. 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. Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  7. 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.  COMSATS is partner in the MSc programme Sustainable Water, Sanitation, Health and Development with partners UMB, CIIT and Tribhuvan University (Nepal). The programme (2007-2012) is funded by SIU/NOMA. Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  8. Nepal: Tribhuvan University • Education, Research and Training for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Himalayan Watersheds Research/education/capacity building and training project Partners: Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University, Karakorum International University Financed by: SIU/NUFU (2007-2012) • Master programme: Conflict, Peace and Development Studies Partners: UMB/Noragric, Tribhuvan University and University of Rahuna, Sri Lanka Financed by: SIU/NOMA (2006-2011) • Master programme: Sustainable Water and Sanitation, Health and Development Partners: UMB Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, COMSATS (Pakistan) Financed by: SIU/NOMA (2007-2012) DETTE ER TITTELEN PÅ PRESENTASJONEN

  9. South-Eastern Europe: Cooperation with universities in Western Balkan • Higher education, research and development in Western Balkans (HERD) programme (capacity building, research, education programmes). Funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2015) • Albania: Agricultural University of Tirana • Bosnia and Herzegovina: University of Banja Luka; University of Mostar; 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 • Slovenia: University of Maribor Institutional collaboration at Noragric

  10. Institutional collaboration between academic institutions in agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine in Norway and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro - West Balkan Funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 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 Institutional collaboration at Noragric

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