Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo

 

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Area of Expertise

Climate change: Adaptation, Vulnerability and Impact Assessment

Current Research

Small scale irrigation technologies and adaptation to climate change

Research Countries

South Africa, Benin, Niger, Rwanda, Kenya

Professional Experience

International climate change consultancy work

Current FSC Status

Alumna

Year of FSC Scholarship

2010

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Doctoral Institute

Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Dissertation

Vulnerability and adaptatiion of farming to climate change in South Africa

Degrees

Ph.D. Environmental Economics (2011); M.Sc. Agricultural Economics (2004); Diplome d'Ingenieur Agronome (2000)

Important Publications

Gbetibouo, G.A., Hassan, R.M., Ringler, C., 2010. South African farming sector vulnerability to climate change and variability: An indicator approach. Natural Resources Forum 34:175-187.

Gbetibouo, G.A., Hassan, R.M., Ringler, C., 2010. Modelling farmers’ adaptations strategies to climate change and variability, the case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa. Agrekon 49(2):217-234.

Gbetibouo, G.A., Hassan, R.M., 2005. Measuring the economic impact of climate change on major South African field crops: a Ricardian approach. Global and Planetary Change 47:143-152.