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    Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources Use in West Africa (Pro-RUWA)

    Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources Use in West Africa

    The West African-German network Pro-RUWA aims to train a new generation of regionally and internationally educated young scientists, entrepreneurs, and administrators. Future decision makers in francophone West Africa will be capacitated to jointly overcome bottlenecks in resource misuse and food insecurity at the national and regional level.

    Main Goals

     

    Activities & Capacity Building

    We build on existing structures of the three young universities UAC, UAM, and UDOC in West Africa that have recently decided to overcome the language barriers and internationalize their graduate education. Fostering university education, international relations, regional development, and operational links between the academic, public and private sector, we promote

    • south-south and south-north-south exchange,
    • Winter Schools to qualification of PhD students and academic personnel,
    • advanced training courses for lecturers, IT / GIS staff, and administrators,
    • teaching and learning environments through state-of-the art didactic concepts and effective use of digital infrastructure,
    • scientific approaches to climate-sensitive sustainable resource use, and
    • academic and business soft skills.

     

    Our Partners

    Pro-RUWA closely collaborates with


    Programme and how to apply

    Within the Pro-RUWA Graduate School, we deliver various scholarship and funding options to MSc Students and young scientists as well as finance administrators. Every year, we call for applications for fully funded PhD research at our all three partner universities.

    Pro-RUWA research themes:

    • Rural-Urban Transformation,
    • Governance of Resource Use,
    • Food Security,
    • Climate Change,
    • Soil-Plant-Animal Interactions,
    • Biodiversity of Plant and Animal Resources,
    • Pro-Poor and Migration Policies, and
    • Marketing and Certification along Agricultural Value Chains

    Visit our main homepage for more information.

    Information event on Research4Life (access to peer reviewed journals and papers)

    Where: Zoom, please register here. When: 20.02.2025 13h00 Senegal, 14h00 Germany/Niger, 15h00 South Africa, 16h00 Kenya Research4Life provides institutions in lower income countries with free or low-cost access to…

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    Training on best practices and strategies for financial management of research projects to financial and administrative staff of Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly University in Dédougou, Burkina Faso

    From 27 to 29 December 2024 at Koudougou, a training course on best practices and strategies for financial management of research projects was held for…

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    25 pre-incubate students from the Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly University in Dédougou, Burkina Faso, complete training in new innovative technologies for groundnut, cowpea and sesame production

    On 22 December 2024, the PRO-RUWA-funded training course on new innovative technologies for groundnut, cowpea and sesame production was completed for 25 pre-incubate students from…

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    GIS and remote sensing training at Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly University in Burkina Faso

    Monday December 16, 2024, beginning of the GIS and remote sensing training for beginners at the Daniel Ouezzin COULIBALY University in Burkina Faso. Funded by…

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    New Centre of Excellence in South Africa

    We are delighted to share the news that our African Excellence Family has grown by one. In 2025, a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable…

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    Preparing agricultural students for the challenges of entrepreneurship: first series of comprehensive training sessions organized by ProRUWA/UAC, Benin

    It is always a real pleasure to share with you the activities and initiatives we are undertaking to support youth in their professional development. As…

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    Exciting Update: 2024 Second Edition of the General and Professional English Training with ProRUWA!

    Following the success of our first edition in 2023, which certified 45 participants, the ProRUWA (Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources Use in West…

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    ProRUWA initiative to empowering young agronomists: A Visit to the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ), Benin

    As part of its activities to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit of young agronomists, the ProRUWA (Promoting Academic Capacities for Sustainable Agricultural Resources use in West…

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    Adama ZONGO Teacher and researcher University of Dedougou, Burkina Faso Deputy Director of Environmental Sciences and Rural Development Institute University of Dedougou, Burkina Faso
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    Songdah Désiré OUATTARA Student University of Nazi Boni
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    Dr. Rike Becker Researcher University of Kassel
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