A5071094578- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Landslides and related hazards
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
Sokoine University of Agriculture
2018-2024
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2022
Soil moisture-holding capacity data are required in modelling agrohydrological functions of dry subhumid environments for sustainable crop yields. However, they hardly sufficient and costly to measure. Mathematical models called pedotransfer (PTFs) that use soil physicochemical properties as inputs estimate an attractive alternative but limited by specificity pedoenvironments regression methods. This study explored the support vector machines method development PTFs (SVR-PTFs) tropics....
Rural households in Tanzania and Mozambique depend mainly on charcoal, firewood other traditional fuels, such as cow dung or agriculture by-products, to cook. Simultaneously, fuel scarcity is an important phenomenon that leads apply coping strategies reducing the number of meals increasing walking distance collect firewood. Despite well-known negative health, economic potential ecologic impacts, transition away from solid biomass energy sources not expected short run. Thus, understanding...
Improvements in the crop productivity, soil health, and sustainable intensification should be premised on better understanding of interactions between cropping systems microbial diversity. In this study, we assessed variations communities across traditional banana-based contrasting monocrop vigor (vigorous or V vs. non-vigorous NV) system (monocrop MC intercropped IC) using 16S rDNA (V3-V4) ITS2 amplicon deep sequencing via Illumina platform. Sequencing results bacterial fungal showed high...
Adopting processing technologies and innovative food preservation is crucial for improving the security nutritional status of rural populations in Tanzania other countries Global South. However, low adoption rates among smallholders highlight need a better understanding farmers’ decision-making processes. The aim this study to examine extrinsic intrinsic factors influencing smallholders’ processes techniques (specifically, pigeon pea flour-based products, threshers, dehullers) Mitumbati...