2024 Reports
Climate Risk Management Curriculum for Agriculture Gaps and Opportunities at USSEIN
Results of a survey of USSEIN students (28), instructors (14) and staff (2) provide insights into perceived needs, gaps and opportunities to expand curriculum on climate risk management in agriculture (CRMA) to prepare future agricultural professionals to strengthen the resilience of Senegal’s agricultural sector to its variable and changing climate. The web-based survey covered interest and demand in CRMA, the degree to which USSEIN’s current curriculum meets demand and prepares future professionals, and constraints to providing and receiving instruction on CRMA topics. Responses show that students anticipate that CRMA will be important for their future professional roles. Students and instructors recognize demand for instruction on a range of climate risk management issues. Perceptions of the degree to which USSEIN’s current curriculum prepares students for future CRMA professional roles were quite varied. Respondents perceived lower demand for instruction, and lower relevance for future professional roles, for agricultural insurance than for the other CRMA topics covered. While most instructors and staff perceive that CRMA topics are covered in their courses, most students reported that they were not currently enrolled in or aware of courses, that provide CRMA content. Students were somewhat more likely than instructors to be to be engaged in CRMA issues and activities, to perceive demand for instruction in CRMA topics, and to be very positive about the adequacy of USSEIN’s current curriculum to prepare for future roles related to CRMA. Students highlighted availability of relevant courses as constraints to receiving CRMA instruction, whereas instructors and staff highlighted resource constraints (funding, curriculum, expertise) as the main limitation to offering CRMA instruction.
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More About This Work
- Academic Units
- International Research Institute for Climate and Society
- Series
- IRI Working Paper, 24-01
- Published Here
- April 30, 2024