BSc General Agriculture
MSc Natural Resource Management
PhD Agricultural Economics
Gagoitseope Mmopelwa is an Associate Professor of Environment and Development at the Department of Environmental Science, the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. His research interests include economic valuation and sustainable use of natural resources, rural livelihoods, and climate change and tourism economics. He teaches courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels including quantitative techniques in environmental science and economic aspects of resource utilization and management. He has published more than 30 refereed journal articles in local and international journals and 6 book chapters. ÌýHe has supervised over 33 undergraduate student projects and 10 post graduate researches including 3 PhDs.
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Economic valuation of resources
Sustainable natural resource use
Livelihoods
Climate change
Tourism economics
ÌýEconomic valuation of resources and Cost benefit analysis
Agricultural indigenous knowledge systems
Natural resources (water, fish, woodlands etc) resource management
Economics of energy
Sustainable natural resource use
List of Selected Publications (Journal articles)
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Wubet, G.G and Mmopelwa, G. (2020). Performance of the small and micro enterprises in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, Momona Ethiopian Journal ofÌý Science ( MEJ), 12(1): 103-122.
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Nkuba, M.R., Chanda, R., Mmopelwa, G., Akintayo, A,. Mangheni, M.N., Lesolle, D andÌýÌý Kato, E. (2020). "The influence of indigenous knowledge and scientific climate forecasts on arable farmers' climate adaptation methods in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda.Ìý Environmental Management, 65 (4):500-516. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-0-20-01264-x
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Nkuba, M.R., Chanda, R., Mmopelwa, G., Akintayo, A,. Mangheni, M.N., Lesolle, D and Kato, E. (2020). Indigenous knowledge systems and indicators of rain: Evidence from Rwenzori region, Western Uganda.