![Dr. Albert Novas Somanje]()
DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) Mochipapa Research Station, Choma, Zambia
Dr Albert Novas Somanje is currently a Sustainability Specialist and a Senior Agricultural Officer with the Ministry of Agriculture in Zambia since 2006. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Sustainability Science from the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability. Besides, he holds a Masters Degree in Climate Change and Development from the University of Cape Town, certified in Project Management and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow from the University of California, Davis.
Climate change expertise and interests
His research interest includes Sustainable development, sustainable agricultural production, food security, climate change and development. His recent research was on sustainable urban-rural linkages and agricultural extension in Ghana and Zambia.
Publications - (most recent)
Baffoe, G., Zhou, X., Moinuddin, M., Somanje, A. N., Kuriyama, A., Mohan, G., Saito, O. & Takeuchi, K. (2021). Urban–rural linkages: Effective solutions for achieving sustainable development Sustainability in Ghana from an SDG interlinkage perspective. Sustainability Science, Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00929-8
Lopes, J., Somanje, A. N., Velez, E., Lam, R. D., & Saito, O. (2020). Determinants of foreign investment and international aid for meeting the sustainable development goals in Africa: a visual cognitive review of the literature. In Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I (pp. 161-187). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_5
Somanje, A. N., Mohan, G., Lopes, J., Mensah, A., Gordon, C., Zhou, X., Moinuddin, M., et al. (2020). Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context. Sustainability, 12(2), 507. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12020507
Professional career interests
To contribute to sustainable development at Local, Regional and Global Level both in research and service.
I participate at climapAfrica because
I would like to enhance my research skills, collaborate with other researcher in the field of Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
