The revelation was made by Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) Programme Manager, Benjamin Gyampoh recently while in Dar es Salaam, adding that most parts of Africa are already experiencing impacts of climate change as in other parts of the world. He named the nationals who were awarded the fellowship scholarships as Heribert Kaijage and Jackson Mollel from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), as well as Dr Esther Mvungi and Dr Verdiana Tilumanywa from University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). He said it was vital for the continent to research on ways of reducing the impact of climate change for it to effectively adapt and develop, adding the researchers will acquire skills necessary for share on decision making and actions to help the continent. The manager said currently the scientists are working on projects which focus on how climate change impacts on different genders, ages, diet and food security in rural communities. He further said they are also working on how the impacts are perceived by small scale farmers as well as they are trying to adapt to its changes, among others. Mr Gyampoh said the selected Scientists will get time to visit their fellows, some who are also lecturers from other institutions in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. He said they will be included in CIRCLE Visiting Fellowship programme and spend a year in other universities as Researchers in Africa and conduct the same researches on the climate change impacts under the supervision of a senior academic officer. “The researches will focus on one or more of five thematic areas namely agriculture, energy, health and livelihoods, water and policy” he pointed out. Mr Gyampoh hinted that the CIRCLE Visiting Fellowship programme was geared to train researchers on how to come out with quality research and inform policy makers on how to mitigate and adapt latest impacts of the climate change. Contacted for a comment, Mavis Akuffobea, a Scientist from Ghana at the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), who is undertaking her one-year CIRCLE Visiting Fellowship programme at the University Of Dar es Salaam said she was thrilled to have been selected to take part in the important climate change impacts. “I am looking forward to maximise this opportunity and undertake a research that will help the continent and its people to be able to adapt to the new global environmental changes and improve their livelihoods,” she said According to the United Nation Environment Programme report, by 2020, between 75 and 250 million people in Africa will experience increased water stresses and yields from rain-fed agriculture will also be reduced by up to 50 per cent in some countries as a result of climate change.