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/Mr Albert Gumbo
Mr Albert Gumbo

Position: Lecturer

Department: Land and Water Resources Management
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Qualifications:

  • MSc Environmental Policy & Planning  (UZ, 2014)
  • BSc (Hons) Geography & Environmental Science (MSU, 2004)

Research Interests

  • Rehabilitation and biorediation of degraded land & water resources
  • Enviornmental impacts of anthropogenic activities on environmental resources
  • Impacts of climate change on environmental resouces and climate change resilience 
  • Natural resources governance
  • Biochar and bioremediation capabilities
  • Geotechnology application in natural resources management    

Book Chapters

  1. Terrence Wenga, Albert Gumbo, Irvine Nyaguwa, Munyaradzi Mtisi and Kudzanayi Andrew Marondedze (2025) Biochar remediation if inorganic contaminants in soils in Biochar for Enviornmnetal Remediation: Principles, Applications, and Prospects, Elsevier, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B9780323998895000062
  2. Terrence Wenga, Munyaradzi Mtisi, Irvine Nyaguwa, Kudzanayi Andrew Marondedze, Albert Gumbo and Nhamo Chauruka (2025) Feedstocks preparation and characteristics of prestine biochars in Biochar for environmental remediation: Principles, applications and prospects, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-99889-5.0002-5
  3. Masere Tirivashe Phillip, Albert Gumbo, Albert Shumba, Kizito Kunaka, Cosmas Parwada & Victoria Stella Masere (2025) Socio-economic impacts of climate change and marine pollution on fish-dependent communities of Southern Africa, 
  4. Parwada Cosmas & Gumbo Albert (2025) Application of nanotechnology in soil fertility management and crop production: opportunities and challenges in African Agriculture, Chapter 3, in “Agritech revolution: Next-Gen solutions and challenges in modern agriculture”p. 29-48. Spronger https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-1268-3
  5. Parwada, C., Gumbo A & Muziri, T. (2026) Exploring the potential of marginalised small grains for achieving food security under climate change in E., Ndhlovu (ed) Agriculture and sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Resilience and recovery toward sustainable futures, sustainable development Goals Series, htpps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-09881-8_1

Journal Articles

1. Obey Gotore, Thuong Thi Nguyen, Prattakorn Sittisom, Tirivashe Philip Masere, Albert Shumba, Albert Gumbo, Mufwankolo Apingien Heritier & Tomoaki Itayama (2025) Biochar-synergy in anaerobic digestion of animal wastes for total pollution control and bioenergy production: A sustainable integration perspective, Elsevier. 

2. Cosmas Parwada, Gumbo Albert & Matema Edith (2025) Assessment of biopesticides adoption in vegetable production among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, In International Journal of Vegetables Science, https://doi.10.1080/19315260.2025.2544921

3. Parwada, C., Shumba A., Chinyama, A.T. and Gumbo, A. (2025) Phytoremediation of heavy metals and metalloids in mine dump soils using agroforestry trees, Soil and sediment contamination: An International Journal, 1-21, https://doi/10.101080/15320383.2025.2604289

 

 

 

 

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