Adelaide Munodawafa, Professor and Head of Department at Midlands State University

About

Professor Adelaide Munodawafais an Associate Professor and Chairperson of Land and Water Resources Management at the Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She holds a PhD from the University of Zimbabwe, an MSc and BSc from Karl Marx University in Germany. Her research interests are in:

Water Quality, Waste Water Management and the Environment: Treatment and characterization of water and wastewater, pollution of water bodies. Examining the balance between water resource protection and water resource use to protect and manage water resources.

Land and water resources management: Sustainable use of these resources, through conservation tillage and farming systems, to ensure reliable yields and eradication of hunger and poverty

Soil Erosion, Land degradation and Environmental Rehabilitation: Soil erosion assessment, experimentation and quantification in the field, laboratory and watershed, development and use of erosion models, data analysis. Developing technologies for rehabilitation of degraded lands

Agro-ecological Resources Management: A holistic study of agro-ecosystems for sustainable agricultural production

Agriculture and Climate Change: Developing strategies to help rural communities adapt to climate variability and change, through iterative research both on-station and on-farm,

Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work experience

• Principal Soil and Water Conservation Specialist

  Carrying out research on soil and water conservation; developing new tillage techniques for use by small-holder farmer, training of farmers and extension staff, dissemination of information, management and publication

  Ministry of Agriculture, Department of AGRITEX

  1991-02-01  - 2004-02-29

• Professor and Head of Department

  Lecturing and carrying out research in soil and water conservation, water quality, water treatment, water pollution and the environment. Writing research proposals for possible funding, Writing research articles for publication. General administrative work within the department

  Midlands State University

  2004-03  - Present

Taxonomy

• Agriculture
• Treatment
• Purification
• Research
• Environment
• Water Supply
• Water Efficiency