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issues for climatic change , 2. To create a balanced growth and food security and biodiversity YER 1 SEM 11 development through facilitating conservation. CODE COURSE integrated agri-food systems; and

The program will produce critical and climatic change resilient crops. CCFS: Climate Change , Ethics and creative postgraduates who will be: 7201 Policy CCFS: of climate change Advocators for climate change 3. To promote a future Natural Earth by 7202 mitigation and adaptation. reducing climatic change/variability. Cleaner Production Experts in developing and CCFS: 4. To promote research and training and climate change implementing projects in Climate 7203 Smart agriculture and food security in climate cha nge issues, food CCFS: Introduction to GIS and Remote security, Implementers of projects in biodiversity conservation, 7204 Sensing security. agriculture and food security nutrition CCFS: Participatory Methodologies & management. 7205 Project Field Work Researchers equipped with competences for conducting relevant 4.PPROGRAM STRUCTURE YEAR 11 SEM 1 research. CODE COURSE YEAR I SEMESTER I CCFS: Climate Change Adaptation and 3.0 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Mitigation 3.1 Overall objective 8101 CODE COURSE CCFS: GIS for Climate change studies The overall objective is to produ ce a cadre of 8102 professional climate and food security CCFS Global overview on Climate change, CCFS: Environmental Pollution and experts with analytical and managerial 7101 biodiversity conservation & Food 8103 Climate Change

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