A University of Saskatchewan delegation led by researcher Carol Henry has just returned from meetings in Ethiopia that celebrated the outcomes of a 20-year partnership between U of S and Hawassa University. Mary Buhr, dean of Agriculture and Bioresources, and Maurice Moloney, executive director and CEO of the U of S Global Institute for Food Security, were part of the delegation.
“Farmers face an increasing challenge to feed everyone adequately, safely and sustainably as our world population grows,” said Karen Chad, U of S vice-president research.
“International research partnerships such as these put new knowledge and innovation directly into the hands of farmers who will use it to improve food security for their families and communities.”
Since 1997, at least 15 U of S researchers have collaborated with Hawassa University to improve food and nutrition security for thousands of people in southern Ethiopia by providing tools and strategies for sustainable, climate-smart, gender-transformative agriculture based on the production of pulses such as haricot beans and chickpeas.
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