Department of Geography

Dr Z Kom

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Ecological and Human Sustainability
Department: Geography
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: zonghk@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Ph.D.

Fields of academic interests

  • Climate Change and Adaptation
  • Small-Scale Farming
  • Rural Development/ Smallholder Farming
  • Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKSs)
  • Sustainable Livelihoods
  • Geospatial Analysis (GIS)
  • Demography

Field of Specialisation

  • Environmental Geography
  • Rural Geography
  • Population Geography
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Journal articles

  • Kom, Z*, Nethengwe, N.S., Mpandeli, S., & Chikoore, H. 2020. Climate Change Grounded on Empirical Evidence as Compared with the Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers in Vhembe District, South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies (SAGE). https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909619891757  
  • Kom, Z*, Nethengwe, N.S., Mpandeli, S., & Chikoore, H. 2020. Determinant of small-scale farmers’ choice and adaptive strategies in response to climatic shocks in Vhembe District, South Africa. GeoJournal (springer) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10272-7
  • Solomon Eghosa Uhunamure, Zongho Kom, Karabo Shale, Nthaduleni Samuel Nethengwe, Jacobus Steyn.  2021. "Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers towards Organic Farming in South Africa," Agriculture, MDPI, 11(11), 1157; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111157
  • Kom, Z*, Nethengwe, N.S., Mpandeli, S., & Chikoore, H (2022). "Indigenous knowledge indicators employed by farmers for adaptation to climate change in rural South Africa”. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2022.2086854