GHANA CARIAA PROJECTS PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CBAS) SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM (SDP) (Prosper Adiku, PRUNE Ghana)

The Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) projects, ASSAR and DECCMA) exhibited a total of sixteen (students and project) posters on various aspects of the projects at the maiden College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) Science And Development Platform (SDP) Program.

Some of the students explaining findings to participants at the poster session at the CBAS-SDP Program

The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) and the Deltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) which are two of the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia’s (CARIAA) projects focused on climate change adaptation in the semi-arid and deltaic regions of Ghana.

(a) ASSAR and DECCMA posters on display (b) DECCMA Team interacting with participants (c) Some ASSAR/DECCMA Team members
 

The CBAS-SDP program (17-19th February) which was held under the theme “Science for Development: Ghana Asks, Legon Answers” is part of the College’s contribution to the University of Ghana’s agenda of turning itself into a research intensive world-class university. The Science and Development Platform Program aims among others to provide an opportunity for the faculty of the College to show-case their research findings annually and initiate collaboration between the faculty and industry in a manner that would allow industry to table their research needs/questions for the CBAS faculty to find science based solutions.

The Conference consisted of three plenary and eight (8) thematic sessions, oral presentations and exhibitions and was opened by the honourable minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation. 

Professor Chris Gordon who is the ASSAR PI in Ghana and the Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), delivered the first plenary on “The future of Science for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana” and also chaired the thematic session on Environment.

(a) Prof Chris Gordon (Right) making some remarks as he chairs the Environment session

The Conference ended with a plenary on how to make research appealing to industry. It was instructive that there needs to be; the development of financially sound and industry-relevant scientific proposals that industry can buy into and a stronger collaboration between industry and the academia.