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1 African Centre for Agro-Ecology & Livelihood Systems (ACALISE)
national launch of ace ii project, 13th Nov 2017 By Dr Jude SSEbuwufu, Centre leader, ACALISE

2 Uganda Martyrs University
Mission: To provide higher education, training and research, for the betterment of society guided by ethical values. Slogan: Making a difference

3 Vision Be a University nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in teaching, learning, research, advancement of knowledge and community engagement.

4 Key objectives of the Centre
Training of a new breed of M.Sc. (300) and PhDs (32) in Agroecology and Livelihood Systems to propagate innovation and transformation of society spearheading the integration of ecological approaches in Agriculture and related disciplines in the region Initiation of critical regional collaborations Promotion of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

5 Self Assessment on DLRs
Result Indicator (DLR) Yr /16 Yr 2017/18 No.Students- national & regional : i.MSc (F) ii.PhD (F) 129(44) vs 60(24) 00(0) vs 8(3) 133(48) vs 60(24) 9(4) vs 8(3) 2. Regional students i. Msc (F) ii. PhD (F) 2(0) vs 26(6) 0(0) vs 3(2) 4(1) vs 26(6) 4(3) vs 3(2) 3. MoUs on partnerships 4 vs 2 4. Newly accredited programmes 2 vs 2 0 vs 2 5. Project beneficiaries (%F) 129 (34%) vs 68(40%) 142(37%) vs 68 (40%) 6. Faculty & PhD students exchanges (F) 0(0) vs 4 (3) 0 vs 8(4) 7. Income generation in $ 100,000 vs 50,000 400,000 vs 50,000

6 Future plan Advertising in international media and fora to attract regional students Offering scholarship incentives to more females and the most needy Working on short course trainings for skilling the communities to trigger transformation to middle income Expanding our demonstration farms Completing and validation of the baseline situation analysis (agroecology and livelihood systems) Equipping the new laboratory Partnering with NAGRIC to improve the University farm Partnering with Elsevier to strengthen research publication Working with productive sector to enhance value addition

7 Collaborations Swedish University of Agriculture (Sweden): First class agric.laboratories Ghent University (Belgium) University of Nicaragua (Nicaragua): Research and Extension Abomey-Calavi Univ (Benin): ethno-botany Makerere University (Uganda): animal resources, bio security Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM, Uganda) Centre for Indegenous Development Efforts (CIDE) NAGRIC International Potato Centre Bio Sciences E & S Africa – Internat.Livestock Research Instit (BecA-ILRI) Cassava Regional Centre of Excellence RUFORUM NARO National Organic Movt of Uganda (NOGAMU) RUCID: Value addition, commercialization, livelihood systems

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