WAC SRT - West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation
- Keywords
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Sustainable Rural Development in West Africa, Academic Capacity Building, Renewable Energy Generation, Agricultural Water Management, Agricultural Economy, Development Management
- Countries
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Ghana, Niger and Germany. Students from other West African countries
- Summary
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Established in 2017, the West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) develops interdisciplinary research and teaching programs that produce the required knowledge, applicable technological solutions, and locally adapted business models and administrative approaches, like renewable energy sources and agricultural water management. Bringing partners from Niger and Ghana together, the center fosters synergies to address problems that are shared by many West-African Countries. WAC-SRT bridges rural-urban and Anglophone-Francophone divides in order to contribute towards West Africa’s sustainable rural transformation in an interdisciplinary and transnational manner.
- Main Cooperation Partners
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- University of Bonn, Germany / Center for Development Research Bonn (ZEF)
- Université Abdou Moumouni (UAM) Niamey, Niger / Faculty of Science and Technology
- University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Ghana / Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Science (FACS)
- University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Wa, Ghana / Faculty of Planning and Land Management (FPLM)
- University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana / Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
- Main Funding Partners
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- German Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Budget for first phase: 1.8 Million Euros
- Further information
- Duration of the Project
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Phase 1: 2017 - 2021
Phase 2: 2022 - 2026 (planned) - Project Homepage
- https://www.zef.de/wac-srt
- Team
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At ZEF - Bonn:
- Dr. Wolfram Laube (project leader)
- Christian Petersheim (project coordinator)
- Aline Pereira (project coordinator)
At UAM - Niamey, Niger:
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Adamou Rabani (project director)
- Dr. Karimoun Massalatchi Illyassou (project coordinator)
- Mr. Agbo David (project coordinator)
At UDS - Tamale, Ghana:
- Dr. Michael Ayamga (project director)
- Mr. Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah (project coordinator)
At UBIDS – Wa, Ghana:
- Dr. Emmanuel Derbile (project director)
- Dr. Elias D Kuusaana (project coordinator)
At University of Ghana – Legon, Ghana:
- Prof. Dr. Felix Asante (project coordinator)
