Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II
Marocco
Description: Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute (IAV Hassan II) is located in Rabat, Morocco. It is a leading university centre in relationship to agriculture and rural development. Within IAV Hassan II, Pr. Mohamed Taher SRAÏRI is currently the Head of the School of Agricultural Sciences, with a specialization in Animal Systems. His PhD dissertation was dedicated to a characterization of dairy systems in Morocco through a holistic approach of farmers’ practices. Nowadays, his research topics deal mainly with crop-livestock systems, and particularly resources’ uses (capital, land, water and work) and their efficiency. Prof. M.T. Sraïri has published more than 60 articles in peer reviewed journals and has participated to several scientific conferences, as well as international research consortia. He is currently working on oasis farming systems, as well as camel systems, and has several experiences with extensive livestock systems in remote areas, particularly in mountain areas. Even though such extensive systems may appear marginal in comparison to dairy production in irrigation schemes or intensive poultry farming, they ensure sustainable livelihoods for local populations and allow maintaining mountain landscapes, a vital role in an arid country where almost 40% of the working people are still employed within the agricultural sector.
Official contact:
Pr. Mohamed Taher SRAÏRI
Head of the School of Agricultural Sciences,
Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute,
P.O. Box 6202, Rabat, Morocco
E-mail:
Tel: + 212 6 62 52 13 03
Staff members involved:
Working Packages: WP2-Methods & Capacity Building
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: www.iav.ac.ma
Sheep grazing in a high altitude rangeland in the Moroccan Atlas. Photo: Mohamed Taher SRAÏRI
Instituto de Montaña
Peru
Description: Instituto de Montaña (IM) is a non governmental organization working over the last 25 years supporting initiatives at the interphase of ecosystem conservation and economic development in partnership with mountain communities in the Andes region of Peru and in close cooperation with partner organizations in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. We are a multidisciplinary team of diverse social and natural scientists who follow, at the core of their practice, participatory action research approaches. In response to mountain communities' priorities and our own geographic focus we are working on issues of water security and climate change. More specifically, our work centers on the connection between sound management of grasslands and livestock and the improvement of water available for humans, animals and crops; the affirmation of indigenous knowledge and development of mechanisms to foster the dialogue with academic disciplines and the research community; the dissemination Of knowledge and the promotion of policies that recognize and support the contribution that mountain peoples and the multiple services that their cultures and ecosystems offer to the wellbeing of the planet.
Official contact:
Cecilia Turin, PhD
Leader Livestock and Mountain Socio-Ecosystem Research
Address: Vargas Machuca 408, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru
E-mail:
Tel: +51 (1) 5196117
Staff members involved:
Working Packages: WP4-Building a multi-stakeholder ISDH decision-support Platform (DSP)
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: https://mountain.org/ or https://mountain.pe/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMountainInstitute/ or https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoDeMontana/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMountainInst
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-mountain-institute
Mountain People Livestock. Photo: Elmer Segura - IM
Mekelle University
Ethiopia
Description: Mekelle University is a higher education and training public institution located in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia. It is one of the largest public universities in Ethiopia. It has seven colleges, eight institutes, and more than 90 undergraduate and 70 postgraduate programs. The student intake capacity of Mekelle University has reached 31,000 or 10% of Mekelle's population.
Mekelle University aims to foster Ethiopia’s development though a focus on problem solving research, community services and training of skilled young men and women. The training focuses on a balanced practical and theory sessions with students in all colleges and institutes passing through a mandatory practicum and practical attachment to enable them acquire real life work experience they can not acquire in classrooms. Its result-oriented and community-focused approach has enabled Mekelle University to have one of the best research outputs and university rankings among, even the oldest Universities in Ethiopia.
While the main target area of Mekelle University is Ethiopia, it has developed productive research and development partnerships all over the world, with currently having 115 working agreements with partners in 52 countries in all continents.
Official contact: Prof. Kindeya Gebrehiwot (President)
Staff members involved: Mulubrhan Balehegn and Amanuel Berhe
Working Packages: WP3-Analysis, comparison and modelling of ISDH
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: www.mu.edu.et
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MekelleUniversity
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/muccmmu
Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1
Algeria
Description: University of Ferhat Abbas Setif 1 (Algeria) has 1500 teachers, 1/4 of whom are professors and associate professors and has more than 30 000 students spread over 05 Faculties and 02 Institutes. It comprises 8 faculties and 39 laboratories. Faculty of nature and life sciences comprises 5 departments. The university is actually reorganizing its strategy to tackle local and regional problems of development, to develop extensive relationships with its socio-economic environment and reorient training curricula to enhance students’ job access. The faculty provide for student’s community a high level of training, scientific and technical resources to research in ecological, biological, agricultural production and sustainability of resources.
Official contact:
Lynda Allouche
E-mail:
Tel: + 213 36620223/24
Staff members involved:
Working Packages: WP4-Building a multi-stakeholder ISDH decision-support Platform (DSP)
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: https://www.univ-setif.dz/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ferhat.abbas.setif1
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnivFerhatAbbas/status/1356561245311238151
University of Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1. Photo: Lynda Allouche
Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA) - CONICET
Argentina
Description: The Argentinean Institute of Nivology, Glaciology and Environmental Sciences (IANIGLA) is an official institution created through an agreement between the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo) and the Government of the Province of Mendoza (Argentina). The main mission of IANIGLA is to contribute to the knowledge of the factors that regulate the past and present environmental dynamics of western Argentina, with emphasis on the abiotic and biotic natural resources present in the Andes Mountains. A critical mass of researchers in geological, geochemical, paleontological, hydrological, meteorological, biological and social sciences has been formed, with a growing integration between the research groups that comprise it and with strong interaction with governmental, academic and social institutions.
The working group “Dendrochronology and Environmental History” has been linked to the approach Sustainable Development in Highland. This group has extensive experience in paleoenvironmental and historical studies, strongly linked to environments in the Andes mountain range. The study of the dynamics of natural ecosystems has a strong correlation with the interaction between these systems and climate change, with the consequent impact on ecosystem services. The human groups that historically and currently develop their life and activities in these mountain areas are directly conditioned to these conditions. For this reason, the researchers in this group aim to integrate studies of environment and society. The interrelationship between environmental degradation and silvopastoral management for improving resource use and sustainable development are elements of interest in our group. In addition, research on socio-political processes related to the management of natural resources and power disputes related to environmental issues are addressed. Within the framework of the precepts on political ecology of linked mountain and plains communities, there is interest in analyzing socio-environmental conflicts, the degree to which groups participate in these social processes and in their interrelation with the environment for rational use of natural and cultural resources, within the Inclusive Sustainable Development concept.
The research group is made up of researchers from various disciplines, with an interdisciplinary approach from different scalar perspectives in time and space, favoring a global perception of the implications of disputes around natural and cultural resources, spatial and regional planning, land use change and the Human, and their economic and social geography approach. The Highlands.3 project is carried out in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Human, Social and Environmental Sciences (INCIHUSA), the Argentine Dryland Research Institute (IADIZA) and the Institute of Geography (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National University of Cuyo-UNCUYO).
Staff members involved: Facundo Rojas, Fidel Roig, Lucrecia Wagner, Cristina Prieto-Olavarría, Osvaldo Sironi, Facundo Martín, Guillermina Elías, María Eugenia Ferrero, Mariano Morales, Robin Larsimont, Ricardo Villalba and Diego Bombal
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas (IADIZA) - CONICET
Description: The Argentine Dryland Research Institute (IADIZA) is an Executive Unit of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and a tripartite institution established by agreement between CONICET, the National University of Cuyo and the Government of Mendoza.
The activities developed at IADIZA seek to conduct scientific research on the structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems, and on this basis promote the bonds with society. In addition to the production of specialized scientific literature, the development of technologies for conservation and sustainable use of ecological systems, transfer and diffusion of knowledge, building of human resources and teaching.
In Highlands.3, IADIZA participates through the Research network in dryland socio-ecological landscapes. This network involves different research lines interested in understanding ecological and social processes through multiscalar and multidisciplinary approaches. The regional focus lies on the Central and Southern Andes.
Staff members involved: Gabriela Pastor, Laura Torres, Emilia Agneni and Mariano Tagua
Working Packages: WP3-Comparison and analysis; WP4-Building a multi-stakeholder ISDH decision-support Platform (DSP); WP5-Communication and dissemination
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: IANIGLA
- Portal de Datos IANIGLA
- Websites: Laboratory of Dendrochronology and Environmental History
- Website: IADIZA
- Website: INCIHUSA
- Website: Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
- Facebook CONICET: https://www.facebook.com/ConicetMendoza/
- Facebook Laboratorio de Dendrocronología e Historia Ambiental: https://www.facebook.com/dendroianigla/
- Facebook Instituto de Geografía: https://www.facebook.com/institutodegeografia/
Lanzhou University - International Centre for Tibetan Plateau Ecosystem Management (ICTPEM)
China
Description: Lanzhou University is a national comprehensive university under the direct authority of the Ministry of Education, China. Guided by the strategic goals as “developing the northwest region” and “establishing strategic base”, it has grown into an universities with strategic significance, embarking on the historic mission of training high-level talents for the country, especially in the west region of China, and developing science, technology and culture. Lanzhou University aims to enhance talent cultivation, spur scientific innovation and society service, and boost international cooperation. It has 8 national key disciplines, 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines, 35 provincial key disciplines and 3 provincial key (cultivation) disciplines. Lanzhou University is among the first universities to establish a postdoctoral research mobile station and national education bases for fundamental scientific research and teaching liberal arts and science, as well as the first universities to be selected in the National Undergraduate Innovative Test Program. Lanzhou University has established academic cooperation with 189 universities of scientific institutions from 40 foreign countries around the world.
Official contact: Prof. Chunhua Yuan (President)
Staff members involved: Ruijun Long and Luming Ding
Working Packages: WP4-Building a multi-stakeholders ISDH decision-support Platform
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website www.lzu.edu.cn
National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS)
Vietnam
Description: NIAS (Vietnam) was established in 1952 under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with a mandate for: planning and designing national research programs (both short term and long term) in animal science; implementation and management of approved national research programs, undertaking studies on animal breeding and genetics; undertaking studies on economics, livestock environment and farming systems; doing transferring innovations of livestock production to the farms; undertaking studies on animal feed, nutrition and related issues. NIAS also has been provided status for training researchers to PhD level. NIAS has strong international collaboration with many institutions and organisation such as ILRI, CIRAD, CIAT, etc. As NIAS is responsible for doing research in animal production, it is a research partner with all agricultural Universities and DARD of all provinces in the whole country.
The working group of the Livestock System and Environment Research Department has been working in different national and international projects on the rural development, especially in mountainous regions, on livestock- Agro-Eco Forest research and intervention as well as on developing livestock value chains and market for household farms.
Official contact:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Thi Thanh Huyen
Head of Livestock System and Environment Research Department
E-mail:
Staff members involved: Dinh Khanh Thuy and Nguyen Thanh Trung
Working Packages: WP3-Analysis, comparison and modelling of ISDH
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: https://vcn.org.vn/
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales - Programa de Geografía / Centro de Investigaciones sobre Dinámica Social CIDS, Área Conflicto y Dinámica social
Colombia
Description: The Geography program trains its students conceptually and technically to understand the spatial and territorial dynamics as a result of the relationships that are constituted between humans and the rest of nature with the mediation of culture, economic and social structure, politics and demographic dynamics at the international, national, regional and local scales. To this end, it recognizes the intensification of the processes of economic, technological, cultural and political globalization, as well as the growing environmental crisis, have strengthened the need for geographical analysis of the problems and challenges of the relationships between humans and between humans and the rest of nature, as a means to understand and find alternatives to the crucial problems of societies in their territories.
The teachers of the geography program are part of the different areas of the Center for Research on Social Dynamics (CIDS). Here they develop training activities for undergraduate and graduate research, with the purpose of understanding the country's problems and collaborating in their solution. This project links both the geography program and the Area of Conflict and Social Dynamics to identify the transformations of mountain productive structures associated with the food supply of Colombian Andean cities.
Official contact:
Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
E-mail:
Director of Geography Program Universidad Externado de Colombia
Research Professor at CIDS, Conflict and Social Dynamics Area
Staff members involved:
Working Packages:
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: http://fcsh.uexternado.edu.co/cids_area.php?id_area_select=6&id_zona=2; https://www.uexternado.edu.co/programa/ciencias-sociales-y-humanas/geografia/; https://sociales.uexternado.edu.co/geografia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geouexternado
Photo: Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
Photo: Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
Photo: Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
Photo: Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
Photo: Flavio Bladimir Rodríguez Muñoz
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzania
Description: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is among the leading universities in provision of quality knowledge in agriculture and allied sciences in Africa. It was established by the Parliament Act no 6 on 1st July 1984, before then it was a faculty under the University of Dar es Salaam. The mission of SUA is to promote development through training, research and delivery of services. To realize its mission, SUA focuses on competence based curriculum of which pedagogical approaches inclined toward student-cantered learning, offering more time on practical learning. According to SUA Charter (2007), as revised from time to time, SUA is mandated to advance knowledge, wisdom and understanding through teaching, research, and outreach services (including extension work and consultancy).
Official contact: Prof. Raphael Chibunda (Vice Chancellor)
Staff members involved: Ismail Saidi Selemani
Working Packages:
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: https://www.sua.ac.tz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SokoineUniversityOfAgriculture
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sokoineu
