Rate My Professor Simbarashe Ndhleve

Simbarashe Ndhleve is a Research Scientist and Senior Researcher at Walter Sisulu University’s Centre for Global Change and Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre in Mthatha, South Africa. He holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Fort Hare, with the doctorate completed between 2009 and 2012. Ndhleve has more than twelve years of research experience focused on agricultural economics, food security, climate change adaptation, rural livelihoods, poverty, and inequality. His work examines household food insecurity in rural and coastal communities of South Africa, the impacts of supplemental irrigation and climate variability on agriculture, public spending on agriculture and its effects on poverty in the Eastern Cape, and vulnerability to climate-related disasters using tools such as the Household Vulnerability Index.

Ndhleve has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including studies on household food security status and determinants in Botswana and South Africa (2021), financial literacy and inclusion for rural agrarian change (2023), vulnerability of growing cities to solid waste hazards in Mthatha (2019), and indicators for monitoring climate change adaptation efforts (2023). Additional contributions cover drought analysis using the Standardised Precipitation Index, household solid waste management practices, and implications of livelihood strategies on dietary diversity. He has contributed to edited volumes on green financing in emerging economies and institutional constraints to small farmer development. Ndhleve serves in research roles at Walter Sisulu University and has been involved in collaborative projects addressing climate vulnerability among smallholder farmers and environmental hazards.