Well trained, innovative scientists and leaders are essential to building a sustainable, prosperous future. The LCC CRSP enhances research capacity in each target region, in part, by training graduate students. The Graduate Student Fellowship Program (GSFP) provides partial support for graduate students in order to improve the overall quality of their research and prepare them for interdisciplinary careers. Fellows are expected to become specialists who can contribute to research regarding the adaptation of livestock systems to climate change in the LCC CRSP countries of focus. Selected fellows must propose to conduct research in one or more of the focus countries. In this way, the LCC CRSP helps to ensure that research capacity continues to grow and becomes self-sustaining in these regions.

Al Hassane Malal Ba (Senegal)
M.S. Ecole Inter-etats des Sciences et Medicine
Universitie Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal

Melaku Berhe Redda (Ethiopia)
Ph.D., Natural Resource Economics & Management
Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Judith Kusimba Chemuliti (Kenya)
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Ramata Sissoko Cisse (Mali)
M.S., Poultry Science
University of Georgia, USA

Mekonnen Degefu (Ethiopia)
Ph.D., Geography & Environmental Studies
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Boubacar Dembele (Mali)
Ph.D., Animal Nutrition
University of Bamako, Mali

Chandra Dhakal (Nepal)
M.S., Agricultural Economics
Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Tara Gaire (Nepal)
M.S., Veterinary Science
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Nepal

Osman Hamdan (Sudan)
Ph.D., Agricultural & Resource Economics
Colorado State University, USA

Jennifer Higgins (USA)
Ph.D./DVM, Veterinary Medicine
Colorado State University, USA

Tunsisa Hurisso (Ethiopia)
Ph.D., Soil & Crop Sciences
Colorado State University, USA

Ajit Kumar Karna (Nepal)
Ph.D., Epidemiology and Public Health
Purdue University, USA

Mark Nanyingi (Kenya)
Ph.D., Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Karim Sissoko (Mali)
M.S., Agricultural Economics
University of Mali

Margaret Syomiti Muteng’e (Kenya)
Ph.D., Animal Nutrition & Feed Science
Egerton University, Kenya