The Würzburg team of the WASCAL-DE Coop project (from the left): Steven Hill, Lisa Schramm, Michael Thiel, Mengjie Warmuth and Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt. (Image: Robert Emmerich / Universität Würzburg)
06/17/2019 - A research centre in West Africa examines strategies to address the climate change. Its German partner is the University of Würzburg; the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the initiative with 3.7 million euros. How can the impacts of climate change on agriculture in West Africa be measured and minimized? African and German research teams have examined this question over five years in the large-scale project WASCAL, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. In the interest of sustainability, the Ministry is now also funding the successor project "WASCAL-DE Coop" in an amount of 3.7 million euros, spread out over three years. Whereas several German institutions were involved in the first project phase, Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, is now the sole partner. The JMU will use the money from the Ministry to set up eight scientific and two administrative posts for the duration of the project. Funds for student assistants have also been granted. In addition to the project manager, Dr. Michael Thiel from the Chair of Remote Sensing, two partners from the Würzburg Institute of Geography take part in the project: Professor Barbara Sponholz (Landscape and Environmental Development) and Professor Heiko Paeth (Climate Research). This team aims to achieve three major goals by 2022: The first is to address new research questions together with the African partners, the second to further develop the research infrastructure created in West Africa within the WASCAL project, and the third to contribute to the training of African scientists. Prepare West Africa for the climate change Which research question is being examined?
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