Taught and self-study short professional and technical courses
- Co-developed ‘tailorable’ material (modules, units etc) that can be adapted/adopted and delivered by different institutions in face to face or virtual modes
- Short courses targeting government officers, extension officers and NGO practitioners – taught or self-study, face to face, virtual or blended
- ‘Summer schools’ or similar
- Continuing professional and technical development for people working on dryland issues
- Training of trainers on dryland issues
Continuing education updates
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Collaboration on dryland capacities agreed with Kenya School of Government
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Yesterday, KSG and the University of Edinburgh agreed to advance collaboration through the Dryland Futures Academy
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Harmonizing agricultural extension curricula for dryland livestock systems
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We joined the ‘AICCRA project to develop the livestock component of an agricultural extension curriculum.
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Drylands summer school explores pastoralist resilience to shocks and uncertainties
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East Africa students examine and discuss local constructs of resilience in the drylands