RESEARCHERS STRUGGLE TO GET POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
September 8th, 2022
African environmental academics are struggling to get political and social support for their solutions to problems such as the desertification in North Africa and the Sahel region.
In Africa, there is a “disconnect” between policymakers and researchers, and “to some extent, even the community”, including research findings released by academics and even research institutes, said Sanusi Bello Shamaki, professor at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, north-west Nigeria.
He is co-author of a paper 'Desertification in the Sahel Region: a product of ...
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