Staff Profiles: Agronomy and Horticulture

Dr Veronica Makuvaro

Position: Chairperson & Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Agronomy, agro-meteorology (crop bias); Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Resilience building to climate change and smallholder agriculture.

Dr Misheck Chandiposha

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests

    Food security Climate change Sugarcane Horticulture Field crops Physiology Post harvest technology of grain crops Sustainable Agriculture and farming systems.

Dr Pepukai Manjeru

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interest:

    Plant Breeding (breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance, breeding for improved nutritional value in staple crops), Seed Systems and stress Physiology. 

Dr Brenda Tsungai Makaure (Manenji)

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Plant physiology, Stress physiology, Plant nutrition and Plant – microbe interactions

Dr Tavagwisa Muziri  

Position: Deputy Dean

Research Interests:
    Fruit Science Postharvest, Organic Agriculture.
 

Mr Tafadzwa Talent Haripo

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:

    Crop Protection (Weed Science, Allelopathy, Plant Pathology and Entomology). Natural Pesticides (use of bioherbicides and biopesticides). Climate change and agriculture. Intercropping systems in Weed Management. Growing media on nurseries

Mr Tendai Madanzi

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:
    Cropping Systems and Agronomy Agroecology  Seed Systems Climate Change and Adaptation Agroforestry Systems and Carbon plus Nitrogen Management in Cropping Systems

Ms Nency Munyuki

Position: Lecturer

Research interests: 
    Agronomy, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil fertility

Mr Dumisa Dlamini

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

Mr E W Mhuru

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Conservation Agriculture

Mr Madhara Temba Mabarani

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Crop yield gap analysis Resource-use efficiency, Crop growth evaluation, Cropping systems

Mr I Pahla

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:
    Biological control options, agents, predators, parasitoids and plant-insect pest interactions and biopesticides (botanical pesticides). Sustainable production systems

Mrs W M Pilime (Chiota)

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Plant nutrition, Soil fertility, Plant propagation

Mr S Muzemu

Position: Lecturer

Research interests:
    Crop protection research strategies using biological control options, agents, predators, parasitoids Plant-insect pest interactions and biopesticides (botanical pesticides).

Miss Dacyl N Muchemwa

Position: Field Technician

Research interests:
    Plant breeding, molecular plant biology, Plant tissue culture.

Mr Masimba Ncube

Position: Laboratory Technician

Research interests:
    Genomics and Molecular Biology Microbiology and Biotechnology Root Exudates and Plant Propagation Genetics and Plant Breeding

Mr Paul Chaibva

Position: Research Fellow

Research Interests
    Plant breeding Plant bio-technology Crop yield gap analysis Resource-use efficiency, Crop growth evaluation, Cropping systems