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Centre in Dryland Agriculture (CDA)

Centre in Dryland Agriculture
Bayero University, Kano
  • Center Leader(s):
    Prof. Jibrin Mohammed / Prof. Sanusi Gaya Mohammed
  • Email:
    jibrin@buk.edu.ng; cda@buk.edu.ng / sanusi.gaya@buk.edu.ng
  • URL:
    http://www.cda-buk.edu.ng
Discipline
  • Agriculture
Key Academic Partners

National and international partners including:

  • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria
  • University of Nairobi, Kenya
  • Galilee International Management Institute, Israel
  • Kano University of Science & Technology, Nigeria
  • Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Egypt
Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners
  • Sasakawa Africa Association/Sasakawa Global 2000, Nigeria
  • Drylands Research, UK
  • Dandago Agricultural Machinery Company, Nigeria
  • Maina Seeds, Nigeria
  • Jubaili Agrotec Limited, Nigeria
  • State Agricultural Development Projects, Nigeria
Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners

In Africa, about 43% of land is estimated to fall within the drylands, where approximately 325 million people reside. In order to respond to the needs of the WCA dryland region through relevant high level human capacity development and demand-driven research, Bayero University, Kano (BUK) established the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) in 2012 with the support of MacArthur Foundation. The existing framework of the CDA is now being consolidated into true regional centre of excellence in dryland agriculture through the World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence project. Through the activities of the CDA Bayero University aims to strongly link education and research with the development needs of the region, thus contributing to food security, improved livelihood, and reduction in poverty and conflicts. The main objective of the CDA is to specialize as a regional Centre of excellence in dryland agriculture delivering quality training and applied research in response to the needs of the WCA dryland region.

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Agric ACEs

Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Centre for Food Technology and Research
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Centre in Dryland Agriculture
Bayero University, Kano

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Collaborating Organisations

Federal Republic of Nigeria
World Bank
National Universities Commission
Association of African Universities
ECOWAS

Centres

  • Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE)
  • Centre for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER)
  • Centre in Dryland Agriculture (CDA)
  • Centre in Reproductive Health Innovation (CEHRI)
  • ACE in Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD)
  • ACE on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology (ACENTDFB)
  • ACE for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID)
  • OAU ICT Driven Knowledge Park (OAK PARK)
  • Centre for Oilfield Chemical Research (CEFOR)
  • Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI)

ACE Profile

ACE is a regional higher education project designed to promote regional specialisation among participating Universities within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Agriculture and Health areas, that addresses particular common regional development challenge as well as strengthen the capacities of these Universities to deliver high quality training and applied research.

ACE Collaborators

  • Association of African Universities
  • National Universities Commission
  • The World Bank
  • Regional Centres

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Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Secretariat

National Universities Commission
No. 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, FCT
E: ace@nuc.edu.ng

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