Kefyalew Sahle Kibret

Area of Expertise

Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing, Land use planning

Current Research

Analysing land use history in the Northern Rift Valley Lake Basins of Ethiopia to identify and assess local coping strategies to maintain food security unter imminent climate change

Research Countries

Ethiopia

Professional Experience

Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing;
Geographic database designing and maintainance;
Open source GIS including GRASS;
PostGIS and QGIS;
Web-page design and maintenance

Current FSC Status

PhD Scholar

Year of FSC Scholarship

2010-2013

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Center for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

Wondo Genet College of Forest & Natural Resourse, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Doctoral Institute

Center for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Dissertation

Degrees

M.Sc. in Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics (Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany);
B.Sc. in Forestry (Hildesheim, Holzminden & Göttingen-Universtiy of Applied Sciences and Art, Germany)

Important Publications