Dr. Sala Alanda Lamega
Research interest
- Cropping and Farming systems and climate risks
- Agro-systems modelling
- Field experimentation, monitoring and evaluation
- rangeland/land-use systems and management
- farming/mixed crop-livestock systems
- developing smallholder climate-resilient agricultural systems
Researchproject:
SALLnet - Limpopo Living Landscapes - Understanding the dynamics of ecological and cultural landscapes, in the face of global change, in the northern Limpopo region of South Africa
project website
short CV
Since 2022: Post-doctoral researcher, Grassland Science, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen
2018-2022: Doctoral researcher, Grassland Science, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen
Theme: Smallholder farming systems: The analyses of climate-induce feed gaps in Arid and semi-arid Southern African regions: The case of the Limpopo province, South Africa. [link to PDF]
2016-2018: Student assistant, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen.
2014-2017: Master of Science in Sustainable International Agriculture, Tropical Agriculture. Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen.
2013: Intern Agronomist, International Fertilizer for Development Center (IFDC Togo)
2009-2012: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences, Soil Science. University of Ghana
Publications:
Lamega, S.A., Klinck, L., Komainda, M., Odhiambo, I.J.O., Ayisi, K.K., Isselstein, J., 2024. Feed Gaps among cattle keepers in semiarid and arid Southern African Regions: A case study in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. In: G. P. von Maltitz et al. (eds.), Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change, Ecological Studies 248, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_19
Lamega, S., Komainda, M., Ayisi, K., Isselstein, J., 2023. Tracking livestock diet using stable isotopes in complex mixed farming systems. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.09.006
Lamega, S. 2023. Dissertation Lamega Dissertation
Lamega, S., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M.P., Ayisi, K. K., Odhiambo, J.J.O., Isselstein, J., 2021: It depends on the rain: Smallholder farmers' perceptions on the seasonality of feed gaps and how it affects livestock in semi-arid and arid regions in Southern Africa. Climate Risk Management 34, 100362
Rötter, R., Scheiter, S., Hoffmann, M., Pfeiffer, M., Nelson, W., Ayisi, K., Taylor, P., Feil, J.-H., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Isselstein, J., Linstaedter, A., Behn, K., Westphal, C., Grass, I., Odhiambo, J.J.O., Twine, W., Paolo, M., Bracho-Mujica, G., Bringhenti, T., Lamega, S., Abdulai, I., Lam, Q., Anders, M., Linden, V., Weier, S., Foord, S., Erasmus, B., 2021: Letter-to-the-Editor: Modelling the multi-functionality of African savanna landscapes under global change. Land Degradation & Development, DOI:10.1002/ldr.3925
Lamega, S. A., Klinck, L., Komainda, M., Odhiambo, J., Ayisi, K., Isselstein, J. (2023): Understanding the occurrences of feed gaps among cattle keepers in semiarid and arid southern African regions: A case study in Limpopo. Book chapter in Sustainability of southern African ecosystems under global change: Science for management and policy interventions Ecological Studies, Publisher: Springer Cham Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Lamega, S. A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M. P., Ayisi, K. K., Odhiambo, J. J. O., & Isselstein, J. (2022). Closing Feed gaps by winter forage production in Limpopo: what is the potential?“, “XXIV International Grassland Congress/XI International Rangeland Congress proceedings”
Lamega, S. A., Komainda, M., Hoffmann, M. P., Ayisi, K. K., Odhiambo, J. J. O., & Isselstein, J. (2022). Assessing Feed gaps on smallholder livestock farms in Limpopo: Production System and Coping Strategies”, “XXIV International Grassland Congress/XI International Rangeland Congress proceedings
Scheiter, S., Behn, K., Pfeiffer, M., Rotter, R., Twine, W., Ayisi, K., Lamega, S., Isselstein, J., Linstadter, A.(2022). Feed gaps and rangeland degradation: Managing smallholder farming systems to reduce feed gaps”, “Sallnet policy brief: at uni-goettingen.de”Policy Brief
Workshop course lead (2022), “Carrying capacity of the arid and semiarid Limpopo rangelands in winter – Management options”, Polokwane, June 2022