TECHORO Prosper Somah B.Sc (Hons), MSc.

Techoro Prosper is a PhD candidate/ Teaching Assistant at the chair of Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus. He obtained a BSc (Hons) from the University of Buea in Botany and Environmental Sciences before pursuing an MSc in Environmental and Resources Management in Cottbus.

Dissertation/Thesis: Supervisors, Prof. Dr. Dr. M. Schmidt

PhD Thesis:          
´Climate Change Impacts on Subsistence Crops in the Sudano-Sahel of Cameroon, Options for Adaptation´
 
Abstract:
Climate change presents a typical example of a complex, interdependent environmental challenge facing the world today.  The impacts are adding significantly into the development challenges of providing food security and alleviating poverty; particularly in sub Saharan Africa whereby 95 percent of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture for their subsistence.
My research interests are focused on the human dimensions of climate change. Understanding the impacts of climate change and how they relate to vulnerability of the subsistence farmers.
It is based on the premise that the current strategies in used by the subsistent farmers in coping with the climatic variability and changes could be very crucial in the present day quest for adaptation possibilities in the Sudano-Sahel of Cameroon.

Keywords:
Climate Change, Vulnerability Assessment, Subsistence Crop Production, Community based-adaptation and Adaptation and Mitigation, Policy Implications, Sudano-Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa

Teaching:
“Integrated Environmental Planning” Degree—Environmental and Resource Management (Bachelor)
-Lecture “Integrated Environmental Planning” (Module 41-2-02)

“Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental  Assessment” Degree— Environmental and Resource Management (Master)
-Lecture “Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment” (Module 41-4-04)

Publication List:
Implementing the Precautionary Principle to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa within the Context of Climate Change.  February 2011 (Scientific Working Paper)
Book of Abstracts / Livre de Resumés IMPETUS Westafrikaprojekt, June 2009 Abstract Page 70 of 121: „Impacts of recent climatic changes on some subsistent crops in the North of Cameroon
The influence of Compost and Humentos (c) on soil hardsetting and as a consequence thereof on the growth performance of wild rye (Secale multicaule L.)´´ (2005 ). Master Thesis Lehrstuhl  Bodenschutz und Rekultivierung