Dr. Sarah Murabula Achola

Dr. Sarah Murabula Achola is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Kassel in the Department of Agroecosystem Analysis and Modelling. She is also a guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) within the Adaptation in Agricultural Systems Working Group. She uses mixed methods approaches to research on climate risk and vulnerability assessments to support climate adaptation and resilience in agricultural systems. She also researchers on landscape transitions and adaptation in coffee systems. She has research interests in adaptation in mountain ecosystems, agroforestry and impact assessment of instituted adaptation strategies in agroecosystems.

Achola SM, Chemura A, Gornott, C., (2024). Mapping spatial vulnerability for adaptation support - a case study on maize farming in Kenya. Food Security (in review)

Achola S. and Pinard F. Coffee, our lives and history (2021): A smallholder coffee farmer perspective on the evolution of the coffee industry in Kenya. Presses Universitaires de Midi.(peer reviewed)

Johansson T., Owidi E., Ndonye S., Achola S., Garedew W. and Capitani C. (2019) Community-based climate change adaptation action plans to support climate-resilient development in the eastern African highlands, pp. 1-26. in Handbook of Climate Change Resilience (edited by W. Leal Filho). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-71025-9_38-1(peer reviewed)

Achola S. and Johansson T. (2013). Assessment of climate change adaptation strategies in the Taita Hills Kenya, using participatory GIS. Conference proceedings 8th ESRI Eastern Africa User Conference, October 16th -18th 2013, Jinja Nile Resort, Uganda.