UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY (COAF)

ATHUMAN MAHINDA

Lecture, College Of Agricultural Sciences And Food Technology
Education:

PhD, Kyoto University

Teaching:

Agronomy

Research:

Crop production and cropping system, soil, food security, climate smart agriculture, natural resource management and economics.

Projects:

1) Design and fabrication of efficient cashew machine for small scale farmers in Tanzania,

2) chain costs and accessibility of Tanzanian rice to east African community market shelves,

3) Development and formulation of bioactive phyto-ingredients pesticide for a prolonged storability of maize and bean in Tanzania,

4) Promotion of use of ICT for commercial farming among smallholder farmers in Tanzania,

5) Pathways to enhancing livelihood sustainability among mono-cash crop smallholder farmers in Tanzania: The case of Mtwara, Kagera and Kilimanjaro regions,

6) Establishing cost for sugar production in Tanzania,

7)  Investment case study for the establishment of sunflower and Wheat production in Dodoma and Manyara region

Publications:

1) James, A., Mahinda, A., Mwamahonje, A., Rweyemamu, E. W., Mrema, E., Aloys, K., & Massawe, C. (2022). A review on the influence of fertilizers application on grape yield and quality in the tropics. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 1-22.;

2) Mahinda, A., Funakawa, S., Shinjo, H., & Kilasara, M. (2018). Interactive effects of in situ rainwater harvesting techniques and fertilizer sources on mitigation of soil moisture stress for sorghum (Sorghum bicolo r (L.) Moench) in dryland areas of Tanzania. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition64(6), 710-718

3) Mahinda A.J., Kilasara M., Gachene C.K.K. (2018) Drip Watering Regimes on Growth Performance, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency of Sorghum in Semi-Arid Environment of Tanzania: Effects. In: Leal Filho W. (eds.) Handbook of Climate Change Resilience.oSpringer,oCham.odoi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_92-1.

4) Mishra, A. K., Mahinda, A. J., Shinjo, H., Jat, M. L., Singh, A., Funakawa, S., & Anshuman Singh, P. (2018). Role of conservation agriculture in mitigating soil salinity in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. 2018). Engineering Practices for Management of Soil Salinity: Agricultural, Physiological, and Adaptive Approaches (1st ed.). Apple Academic Press. https://doi. org/10.1201/9781351171083;

5) Mahinda, A.J., Funakawa, S., Shinjo H., Kilasara, M. (2018). Influence of In-situ Rainwater Harvesting Techniques with Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on Mitigating Soil Moisture Stress for Sorghum Final Yield Performance in the Dryland areas of Tanzania. In Eng-Yei Hseu (2018). Abstract of Proceedings of 2018 Joint Seminar on Soil Science and Plant Nutrition between NationalTaiwan University and KyotooUniversity.oMarcho14-18,o2018,oTaipei,oTaiwan.

6) Mahinda Athuman., Method Kilasara., Charles Gachene. (2017). Effect of Drip Irrigation Regimes on the Growth Performance, Yield and
Water Use Efficiency of Sorghum bicolor in the Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania. In the 1st World Conference on Soil and Water Conservation under Global Change (CONSOWA), Lleida, Spain.

7) . Yuki Okamoto, Christopher McCarthy, Athuman Mahinda, Wahyu Iskandar, Ajay Mishra Shinya Funakawa. Applicability of the Multicompter (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and Aerial Photograph in the experimental station. Kyoto Japan (2016). In the International Symposium on Global Environmental Studies Education and Research in Asia, 2016, Bangkok, Thailand.

8) Mahinda, A. J., Gachene, C. K. K., & Kilasara, M. (2016). Economic impact of drip irrigation regimes on sorghum production in semi-arid areas of Tanzania. In Climate change and multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture (pp. 227-240). Springer, Cham.