Nationality: Cameroonian citizen
Mobility: Available
Current address: P.O. Box 222, University of Dschang, FASA,
Cameroon
Phone: +237 697-11-61-31 (WhatsApp) / 650-33-44-01
Email 1: herve.napi@univ-dschang.org
Email 2 : hwouapi@gmail.com
ORCID Nr: 0000-0003-1169-4688
Napi Wouapi, is a PhD holder (in integrated rural development and agricultural extension) and socio-environmentalist, fluent in French and English. He has over fourteen years’ relevant experience in climate risk assessment and vulnerability work in a development context and different situations. He doubles as climate change adaptation expert and researcher, and is knowledgeable of TAMD – Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development – monitoring and evaluation tool. Current, he serves as senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Rural Socioeconomics and Agricultural Extension, Dschang School of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon. He is a member of the Scientific and Educational Committee of the Chair “Food Systems and Entrepreneurship in Africa” since 2020.

Education:

Institution
(Date) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
University of Dschang
2020 PhD in Integrated Rural Development and Agricultural Extension – with high distinction at the Department of Rural Socioeconomics and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FAAS), University of Dschang, Cameroon
Roskilde University
2007 MSc (by research) in Technological and Socio-Economic Planning, Cand. Tech. Soc – a study in Environmental Policy and the Global Challenges - with high distinction at Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC), Roskilde University, Denmark
Fontys University of Applied Sciences
2004 Bachelor in Engineering, International English Course, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Meritorious Honour Awards
2011-12, among the Top 10 Award holders - Granted through competitions by the International Development Research Center (IDRC, Canada) / Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) Programme
Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – very good; 5 - basic)

Language Reading Speaking Writing
French (native) 1 1 1
English 1 1 1

Membership of Professional bodies: Reviewer at Emerald Publishing, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management – https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/news_story.htm?id=8379

Publications
Journal article(s) with impact factors
1. Co-author – “Climate change vulnerability and smallholder farmers’ adaptive responses in the semi-arid Far North Region of Cameroon”. Discov Sustain 3, 41 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00106-6
2. Co-author – “Goat Farming and the Phenomenon of Theft in Menoua Division in the Western Region of Cameroon”, World Journal of Social Science, Vol. 7, No. 2; 2020, doi:10.5430/wjss.v7n2p17, https://doi.org/10.5430/wjss.v7n2p17,
3. Napi Wouapi H.A., Sanni M. (2018) Enhancing Resilience of Livelihoods and Production Systems to Climate Variability and Other Related Risks in Africa. In: Leal Filho W. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Springer, Cham https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_27-1
4. Co-author - “Drivers of climate risk in African agriculture”, Climate and Development, 2016, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2016.1167659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1167659
Other journal articles and selected consultancy reports
5. Wouapi, H., Nguepdjo, S., and KAMGA Rodrigue (2023) Barriers and enablers toward effectual implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions in Central Africa, KAS Working Research sample ISBN Nairobi, KAS (in press)
6. Herve Alain Napi Wouapi, Charles Arn