International students from Africa and the Middle East have graduated with postgraduate degrees in sustainable agriculture at Charles Sturt University (CSU).
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Students from Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and Oman have been studying at CSU for 18 months. After a month of orientation at CSU Wagga the students have been living on campus at Orange while completing coursework and research projects under the supervision of staff of the school of agricultural and wine sciences.
Research interests of the students range from food security, climate change, agricultural commodity value chains and insect biodiversity in vineyards.
Master of sustainable agriculture (MSA) student Peter Igogo works for the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture where his role is to translate the latest agricultural research into practice by farmers.
Mr Igogo’s research explored the potential impact of climate change on maize production and adaptation strategies in Kilifi County, Kenya. “My key interest in the MSA course was on climate change which is one of the cross cutting issues in Kenya. There is a scarce knowledge on climate change within the country,” Peter said.
“Having completed my studies I will go back to my job where I will collaborate with other members of the staff in developing appropriate adaptation strategies to climate change which will enhance farmers’ resilience to the negative impact of climate change. The MSA course has improved my level of understanding on the various aspects of sustainability in farming and at the same time it introductions to both biodynamics and permaculture farming systems which were new to me.”