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Violeth Joab Mwaijande

Lecturer

Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Dr. Violeth J. Mwaijande is a lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies. She has served as an agricultural researcher at Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) (2012 – 2025). She holds a PhD in Development Studies awarded by Sokoine University of Agriculture (2025), MA in Development Studies (2011) from University of Dar Es Salaam and BSc in Horticulture (2004) from Sokoine University of Agriculture.

Dr. Mwaijande has more than 10 years’ experience in research. She worked as research fellow for TAMASA project under CIMMYT, Amazing Amaranth, SASSA and FRESH projects under CGIAR. She previously worked as research coordinator for TARI Mikocheni Centre and led and co-led several national and international funded projects. Specifically, she did researches on mango, coconut, gender, scaling and value chain of indigenous vegetable crops, socio economics, risk assessment and reduction strategies for maize smallholder farmers. She is supervising and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students in quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis and academic writing.

Dr. Mwaijande has received advanced professional trainings from REPOA, Stellenbosch University, Helsinki University and Wageningen University. She has published in International and reputable journals including; Journal of experimental Agriculture International, Frontiers in Agronomy, Theoretical Economics Letters and Asian Research Journal of Agriculture.

Research Interest

  • Gender
  • Agriculture
  • Rural development
  • Behavioral and Risk studies

Contacts

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Projects

Assessment of improved mango cultivars; nursery and field performance in coast region (ICRAF and TARI Mikocheni) 

Taking Maize Agronomy to Scale in Africa (TAMASA - CIMMYT)  in nine Tanzania maize growing regions 

Amazing Amaranth – Dar es Salaam and Coast regions

SASSA – SAI -  Dar es Salaam and Coast regions

Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH)  Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tanga and Coast regions

Publications

Minja, R.R., Kimaro, A.A., Mpanda, M., Moshy, S., Mwaijande, V., Ngereza, A., Ambrose, J., Ndee, A., Kihula, B. and Nyalusi, G., (2017). Effects of Rootstock Type and Scion Cultivar on Grafting Success and Growth of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Seedlings. Journal of experimental Agriculture International, 1-9pp.

Minja, R.R., Kimaro, A.A., Mpanda, M., Moshy, S., Mwaijande, V., Ngereza, A., Ambrose, J., Ndee, A., Kihula, B. and Nyalusi, G. (2018). Replication Data for: Effects of Rootstock Type and Scion Cultivar on Grafting Success and Growth of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Seedlings. World Agroforestry repository.

 

Chamberlin, J., Masuki, K., Karwani, G., Nord, A., Mwaijande-Simbogoso, V., Craufurd, P., Snapp, S., Jayne, T.S., Mushongi, A. and Magoye, L., (2017) TAMASA Tanzania. Agronomy Panel Survey (APS). Household data.https://hdl.handle.net/11529/10548038

 

Chamberlin, J., Masuki, K., Karwani, G., Nord, A., Mwaijande-Simbogoso, V., Craufurd, P., Snapp, S., Jayne, T.S., Mushongi, A. and Magoye, L., (2016) TAMASA Tanzania. Agronomy Panel Survey (APS). Household data. https://hdl.handle.net/11529/10548039

 

Swai J., Ernest R. Mbega, E.R., Mushongi A.A., Mwaijande, V., Ndakidemi, P. A. (2019) Integrating storage structures and store time in maize grains postharvest losses evaluation in Northern Zone of Tanzania. International Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 14, No. 6, p. 36-52pp.

 

Mwaijande V.J., Msinde J.V., Akyoo A.M., Mushongi A.A. (2023). Risk preferences and risk perceptions among smallholder maize farmers in Tanzania: Evidence from a framed field experiment. Theoretical Economics Letters, 13, 397-418. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2023.133027

 

Mwaijande, V. J., Msinde, J. V., Akyoo, A. M., & Mushongi, A. A. (2023). Risk Preference Responses to Fertilizer Expenditures: A Case of Maize Smallholder Farmers in Iringa and Arusha Regions in Tanzania. Asian Research Journal of Agriculture, 16(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.9734/arja/2023/v16i4397

 

Xu, X., Dinssa, F.F., Minja, R., Mwaijande, V., Mbwambo, O., Mziray, Z., Stavridou, E. and Bishop, G.J., (2023). Effects of transplanting and AMF inoculation on the fruit yield of African eggplants (Solanum aethiopicum and Solanum anguivi) in Tanzania. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5, p.1300553. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1300553