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GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme graduated 17 fellows in a ceremony at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland, held on 27 September. This year’s graduating cohort came from eight countries in Africa and Central Asia: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uganda.

The GRÓ LRT fellows have been finalizing their individual projects this week and yesterday they submitted their project reports.

The GRÓ LRT fellows had the honour of visiting the President of Iceland, Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence, this week.

This week the GRÓ LRT fellows presented the results of their final projects in an open seminar at Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland. The fellows have been working on their projects over the last months under the supervision of specialists from institutes and organizations in Iceland.

Last week, the GRÓ LRT fellows went on a four-day excursion to Northern Iceland where they visited restoration sites and learned about how land conditions have been improved with innovative approaches.