Sunyani, Oct. 12, GNA – The University of
Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani and the University of Applied
Forest Sciences (HFR) in Rottenburg, Germany, has held a review meeting on
successful cooperation of various projects and research activities.
The cooperation has been in existence since
2014 and one of the projects, founded by the German Foundation of the State of
Baden-Wuerttemberg, the Baden-Wuerttemberg-Stiftung, comes to an end after
three successful years.
The project, titled: “Researching Together,
Learning from Each Other: Exchange in Research and Teaching between UENR, Ghana
and HFR, Baden-Württemberg, Germany” was launched in 2016.
This was contained in a post-meeting press
release signed by Professor Dr. Steffen Abele, Professor of Rural Economics,
HFR and copied the Ghana News Agency in Sunyani.
During the three year period, six students
from the UENR visited the HFR while eight students from the HFR also visited
the UENR to conduct their Bachelor of Science (BSc)/Master of Science (MSc)
research in the fields of Energy Management, Agriculture, Water/Environmental
Management and Tourism, the release said.
In the same vein, lecturers from the UENR
held lectures and presentations at the HFR and vice versa in the aforementioned
fields, it added.
According to the release, on Wednesday,
October 9, 2019, members of the project – lecturers, students and project
managers gathered at a closing workshop to review the project with respect to
its achievements.
It said “the assessment was entirely
positive”, particularly, the opportunity for the lecturers to teach in
different environments was highlighted.
The release indicated the students
emphasised the academic experiences they gained from their field research in
Germany on innovative topics like Biogas Production, Organic Agriculture and
Precision Farming.
It added that the students would aim at
transferring their knowledge and experiences into further studies and research
in Ghana and into professional activities.
The release stated, “the project also
resulted in various other projects”, citing “in research of an UENR lecturer in
Germany, as well as a research sabbatical of a German researcher from the HFR”.
“Although the project ends, the
collaboration will continue and gain speed”, the release assured, adding,
“further research stays and sabbaticals are envisaged, and a large project on
renewable energy is about to start, with the UENR campus as the main research
and development site for biogas energy”.
GNA
