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Economics and Finance
South Africa
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
44
Citations
14674
World Ranking
1806
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Rashid M. Hassan is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa and contributes to the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a particular focus on Economics and Econometrics as well as Sociology and Political Science. Their research intersects multiple disciplines including Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and General Health Professions.

Their work spans several significant topics within these fields, prominently including:

  • Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Agricultural Economics and Practices
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Community Health and Development
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility

Rashid M. Hassan has published research in a range of academic venues, such as:

  • Agricultural and Food Economics
  • Agrekon
  • The Journal of Developing Areas
  • Development Southern Africa
  • Water SA

Their recent papers include:

  • The impact of production shocks on maize markets in Ethiopia: implications for regional trade and food security (2020, Agricultural and Food Economics)
  • Application of exploratory factor analysis to address the challenge of measuring social capital in a rural communal setting in South Africa (2020, Agrekon)
  • Price Stabilization, Spatial Arbitrage and Market Integration: The Experience of Ethiopia (2020, The Journal of Developing Areas)
  • Distributional impacts of taxing water pollution in the Olifants river basin of South Africa (2021, Development Southern Africa)
  • Evaluating the environmental and social net-worth of controlling alien plant invasions in the Inkomati catchment, South Africa (2020, Water SA)

Co-authorship has been an important aspect of their work. Frequent collaborators include Mesay Yami, Ferdi Meyer, Megan Davenport, Clement Kyei, and Siphokuhle Mahlathi.

Among distinctions, Rashid M. Hassan was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

    Temesgen Tadesse Deressa;Rashid M. Hassan;Claudia Ringler;Tekie Alemu

  • Perception of and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile basin of Ethiopia

    Temesgen Tadesse Deressa;Rashid M. Hassan;Claudia Ringler

  • Determinants of African farmers’ strategies for adapting to climate change: multinomial choice analysis

    Rashid M. Hassan;Charles Nhemachena

  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report

    W.V. Reid;H.A. Mooney;A. Cropper;D. Capistrano

  • Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Africa

    Charles Nhemachena;Rashid M. Hassan

  • Ecosystems and human well-being - Synthesis: A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    W.V. Reid;H.A. Mooney;A. Cropper;D. Capistrano

  • Will African agriculture survive climate change

    Pradeep Kurukulasuriya;Robert Mendelsohn;Rashid Hassan;James Benhin

  • Economic Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in Ethiopia: Evidence from Cross-section Measures

    Temesgen Tadesse Deressa;Rashid M. Hassan

  • Measuring the economic impact of climate change on major South African field crops: a Ricardian approach

    G.A. Gbetibouo;R.M. Hassan

  • A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa

    S. Niggol Seo;Robert Mendelsohn;Ariel Dinar;Rashid Hassan

  • Measuring Ethiopian farmers’ vulnerability to climate change across regional states

    T.T. Deressa;R. Hassan;Claudia Ringler

  • Vulnerability of the South African farming sector to climate change and variability: An indicator approach

    Glwadys A. Gbetibouo;Claudia Ringler;Rashid Hassan

  • Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies

    Ariel Dinar;Rashid Hassan;Robert Mendelsohn;James Benhin

  • Social, Economic, and Ethical Concepts and Methods

    C. Kolstad;K. Urama;J. Broome;A. Bruvoll

  • Analyzing the determinants of farmers' choice of adaptation methods and perceptions of climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia:

    Temesgen Deressa;R. M. Hassan;Tekie Alemu;Mahmud Yesuf

  • MEASURING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF SUGARCANE GROWING REGIONS

    T. Deressa;Rashid M. Hassan;Daneswar Poonyth

  • Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of improved maize varieties in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: A Tobit analysis

    Arega D. Alene;Daneswar Poonyth;Rashid M. Hassan

  • Millenium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-being

    J. Sarukhan;A. Whyte;R. Hassan;R. Scholes

  • The valuation of ecosystem services

    Edward B. Barbier;Stefan Baumgärtner;Kanchan Chopra;Christopher Costello

  • Balancing the use of wetlands for economic well-being and ecological security: the case of the Limpopo wetland in southern Africa.

    Wellington Jogo;Rashid M. Hassan

  • Living beyond our means : natural assets and human well-being, statement form the board

    W.V. Reid;A. Cropper;H. Mooney;D. Capistrano

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute
Ariel Dinar
Ariel Dinar University of California, Riverside
Robert Mendelsohn
Robert Mendelsohn Yale University
James Thurlow
James Thurlow International Food Policy Research Institute
Prabhu Pingali
Prabhu Pingali Cornell University
Suman L. Jain
Suman L. Jain Indian Institute of Petroleum
Xinshen Diao
Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute
James Nelson Blignaut
James Nelson Blignaut Stellenbosch University
Yacov Tsur
Yacov Tsur Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thomas Dietz
Thomas Dietz Michigan State University

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